'Men make money, women spend it' - the damaging stereotypes holding women back

Kenyan bank notes (PHOTO: FILE)

I don’t regard myself as militantly feminist, but have found myself getting increasingly incensed after reading a study that found 65 percent of financial articles in women’s magazines define women as “splurgers”.

This is according to new research from app-only bank, Starling Bank – launched to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8 – which looks at the fact there are serious discrepancies in the way men and women are spoken to about their money.