Striving to have more women in the work force has caused much damage. The biggest is probably unemployment. In 1950 21% of women were in the work force. In 2015 82%.   It also reduced salaries. Which meant that ore women joined the work fore because hubbies salary was perceived as not enough. Their joining the work force put more downward pressure on salaries 

Who won? Business. Business put a lot of pressure on women, sort of starting in 1960s. Article upon article on women in the work force. So much so that men and women tend to think they are nobody if they are not in the work force.. 

 "From 1976 to 1989, the number of dual-earner couples increased by 60%. This was followed by a period of slower growth from 1989 to 2005, when the number of families with two working parents increased by 15%". (Statcan)

So no wonder there is unemployment and low salaries.

It appears to improve the situation, two income families should be considering becoming  one income families.