Oh yes, this. So much this.
People look at me bemused when I bang on about the dual income mortgage thing.
It has literally changed the bedrock of society.
We went through decades of pain, fighting for women to have equal rights, and for women to have the same opportunities as men.
But nobody fought for men to have the same opportunities as women!
ie. to stay at home, nurture the next generation, OR build a successful career.
So now, women have to ‘have it all’.
And there’s very little choice in the matter because basic family housing costs are built on 2 incomes, like it or not.
It’s changed the way our communities work and completely changed the way families live.
The answer to achieving equality back when mortgages were based only on a man’s salary was to change the criteria to state ‘a PERSON’s salary’, no matter whether man or woman.