Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did | SpinGraph: Macroeconomic headwinds
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keywords: male breadwinner
keywords: feminism
keywords: macroeconomics
keywords: The Shield
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-21T04:00:52+00:00
modified: 2026-08-21T07:26:41.257631+00:00

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Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did - Financial Times
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alternative headline: Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did | SpinGraph: Macroeconomic headwinds
description: SpinGraph analysis of Financial Times's Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did story: macroeconomic headwinds, The Shield, Spin Score…
date published: 2026-08-21T04:00:52+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-21T07:26:41.257631+00:00
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language: en-US
article section: ai
keywords: male breadwinner, feminism, macroeconomics, labor markets
author: Financial Times AI via Google News
publisher: Stuff That Spins
citation: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNUmVkemp5dDhjRlJ0emwwMlk1eXZzNkJ3MGxNMGxCbmZ4R0sxRkdYRk5BX1hWdGx1MjhWNTVtV2pXVmliTzJ6S2RmX2ZqZlFaalZpQW1sVVhKWkZPS0d3OEFMVnJobDZzYnpzbUk0M3Qtcmhpb3l…
about: male breadwinner
about: feminism
about: macroeconomics
about: labor markets
about: male breadwinner model
mentions: Financial Times
abstract: The male breadwinner model eroded due to macroeconomic shifts, not feminist ideology. Labor market changes, deindustrialization, and wage stagnation undermined traditional gendered labor roles. Feminism responded to, rather than caused, structural economic transformations.

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Spin Analysis: macroeconomic headwinds
type: AnalysisNewsArticle
description: Emphasizes structural determinism while minimizing agency, discourse, and policy feedback loops; sidelines how feminist advocacy shaped responses to economic change (e.g., parental leave, pay transparency laws).
about: macroeconomic headwinds
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  description: Analytical, evidence-based socioeconomic explanation
  term code: The Shield
additional property: Spin Score
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  value: 35
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additional property: Narrative Risk
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  value: low
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
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  value: moderate
additional property: Likely AI Summary
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  value: Feminism did not cause the decline of the male breadwinner model—the economy did.
additional property: Narrative Frame
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  value: Analytical, evidence-based socioeconomic explanation
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Role of corporate HR practices in reinforcing or dismantling breadwinner norms; Intersectional variation (race, class, immigration status) in breadwinner model persistence or collapse
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Combines authoritative sourcing (Financial Times), declarative syntax ('didn’t... did'), and macro-level framing to lend inevitability to the economic explanation — while the actual evidence offered is purely rhetorical and lacks granular validation or competing-model testing.
author: Stuff That Spins
is part of: Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did - Financial Times

Extracted Claims
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    text: Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did.
    appearance: Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did
    author: Financial Times AI via Google News

Key Statistics
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description: Extracted statistics from the source narrative
variable measured: timeframe of structural shift
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 1970s–2000s
  description: Period during which male earnings stagnated and dual-earner households became economically necessary.