While we did get screwed in the market crash of 1989, it wasn't the dad -- it was me, the mom who purchased our first house. And again in 1995, I purchased our second family home. So, for my children -- who come in both genders, the headline needs to suggest it's not your mom's housing market. 

In our family -- as in many, it's the woman who earns the cash, who supports the family and pays the mortgages. The headline makes the Globe appear lost in time...clinging to a long-gone reality where men were the lone earners.