Teaching is an overwhelmingly female profession in this country and by and large teachers spouse's (their husbands for the most part) make significantly more than they do. What does this mean? Hard to know. Teachers husbands could be looking at their joint financial situation and put aside their dreams of being teachers or writers or artists for a more boring but well compensated career to keep the couple financially afloat. Some teachers might not feel so attracted to starving artist types since they already face their own financial pressures. IMHO neither of the above scenarios make teachers gold-diggers or princesses or prostitutes.

Maybe the XXfactorites would like to do a little commenting on the realities facing women in teaching, not just writers?