This was partly the reason that last November the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve decided to delay tilltoday required compliance with the law by blocking regulations to implement the legislation.
While she was at pains in an interview with Kimberly Blanton at the Squared Away blog to point out that women might well be waiting to permanently settle down till they are in a better economic position, she also noted that even today, men are more likely to be the ones getting down on bended knee.