Top earners: Modern women are more likely to be out winning bread rather than staying at home to bake it.
Nearly a third of women are the main breadwinners in their household, according to a major survey.
Thirty percent earn more than their partners and a further 19 percent earn the same amount.
Researchers said that in many relationships it was no longer assumed that the man would bring in the bigger income, especially in a time of widespread redundancies.
In a significant shift in attitudes, four out of ten women said that the career of whichever partner had the highest income would take precedence in the relationship.
In one in ten families, a house husband looks after the children and does the chores while their female partner works full time.
Ten percent of women admitted this role reversal had put strains on their relationship and some said it had even led to them parting company.
The Women and Work Survey 2010, commissioned by Grazia magazine, found that almost half of full-time mothers disliked not earning their own money.
And two thirds of the mothers among the 2,000 women in the survey said they wanted to keep working in some way after having children.
A slightly higher number of those with children under three said they would prefer to work - preferably part-time - rather than stay at home.
Victoria Harper of Grazia said: 'Women are getting good jobs when they graduate, and working up the career ladder faster than they have ever done.
'This means that there has to be more fluidity between the roles of men and women in a relationship and when they have children.
'Instead of the have-it-all woman who tries to do everything, we are now seeing cross-over couples who share roles.'
一项大型调查显示，英国近三分之一的女性是家中的主要经济支柱。
30%的女性挣钱比伴侣多，19%的女性挣的与伴侣差不多。
研究人员称，现在很多家庭不再认为男人就应该比女人挣的多，尤其是在这种到处都在裁员的时候。
女性对这个问题的态度也发生了重大转变，四成女性认为两个人中谁挣钱多谁就说了算。
在十分之一的家庭中，是由丈夫负责照看孩子、做家务，妻子则全职工作。
10%的女性坦称这种角色的转换对两人的关系造成了影响，有些人则说这种角色分工甚至导致了两人的分手。
这项由（英国时尚杂志）《红秀》委托开展的“2010年女性和职业调查”发现，近一半的全职妈妈希望能自己出去工作赚钱。
在2000名受访女性中，三分之二的人说她们希望在生孩子后还能继续工作。
在孩子不满三岁的女性中，略多比例的人说她们希望能出去工作而不是待在家里——不过最好是兼职。
《红秀》杂志的维多利亚•哈柏说：“如今的女性大学毕业后就业前景更好，职业晋升速度比以往更快。
“这意味着如今家庭中的男女角色分工要更加灵活，有了孩子后更是如此。”
“以前事事都是女人包办，现在我们看到的是夫妻二人共同承担家庭责任。”
redundancy: the situation when somebody has to leave their job because there is no more work available for them （因劳动力过剩而造成的裁员，解雇）
take precedence in:处于优先地位
put strains on:使……处于紧张状态
cross-over: 混合交叉的