Just read an article about how restaurants are losing business in part because fewer women are working. And somehow the fact that for the first time since the late 40's, the percentage of women in the workforce had dropped slightly isn't treated as huge news.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...Bennigans.aspx
I think it definitely says something about our culture, that we women have come to the conclusion that a 2-income household isn't all it's cracked up to be.