breadwinner role
Household income source
The breadwinner role is the position of being a household's primary income earner.
Traditionally assigned to men, it carries expectations of financial responsibility for dependents: He embraced the breadwinner role after his wife quit work to raise their children.
The term often appears in discussions of gender dynamics, work-family balance, and shifting economic expectations within relationships.
- providerOne who furnishes things
- sole providerSingle household income source
- earnerOne making money
- wagePayment for labor
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
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- gender rolesmasculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, gender norms, gender binary
- social pressurepeer pressure, conformity, expectations, fitting in, social acceptance
breadwinner rolecaregiver role
Responsibility for another's wellbeing
stay-at-home parent · stay-at-home mom · nurturing role · house husband · caretaker role
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