Globally, the economic opportunities for women are even worse.  According to the International Labour Organization’s recent report on “Global Employment Trends for Women,” female workers not only receive lower pay, but in many countries, they are often restricted from the ability to work even though it would significantly benefit their families.  Even when they are allowed to work, they are often limited in their employment options due to a lack of access to certain industries.  

History has shown us that women workers can “bring home the bacon,” and many of them are the breadwinners today.  However, the real question should be whether that bacon is the same size as the bacon that would have been brought back by a man, and not whether they are the capable of doing it.  Ironically, in an attempt to glamorize the role of women in today’s society, CBS merely demonstrated how unequal society has been to women, and how the only real way for families to successfully survive the recession is for women to be paid the same as men.