Though times have changed, there’s still a prevailing sentiment when it comes to finances that young women don’t need to be armed with the tools necessary to look after their finances. Despite the fact that less and less people are getting married, and of those more and more are getting divorced, it still persists that women will eventually be living as a couple at which point the man will handle the finances of the household. This is simply archaic thinking, and women who truly wish to live independently, or at least want to be prepared for that scenario should learn all they can about finances now so they don’t become stressed out by the prospect of handling them in the future.