Women underestimate their value, don’t buy enough life insurance

Published Updated 3 Min Read

We’ve all heard the statistics: Women still get paid far less than men and women’s work is undervalued by society. But a new survey released by The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company on Friday reported something we may not have realized: women themselves are undervaluing their own work, with potentially devastating consequences.

Even in 2011, mothers and single women do more work at home than men and yet don’t put a high enough sticker price on those duties.


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