[YeGoblynQueenne]

>> You'll have a hard time convincing me that it's our expectations which have changed the most.

And all this is because women now have careers, instead of being stay-at-home moms?

(Apologies if I misunderstood your comment. I'm trying to connect it to what the GP said.)

[falcolas]

The beginning and the end of my comment was "it's not just our expectations that have changed." My comment was merely to help describe why it is not just be that with a personal data point.

That said, it's highly likely there is some correlation between wages (and housing costs) and the doubling the potential labor pool, but that's another topic for another day.