sheconomy

English

Etymology

Blend of she +‎ economy

Noun

sheconomy (countable and uncountable, plural sheconomies)

  1. The trend whereby women are gaining economic power, and living increasingly consumerist lifestyles, particularly when it comes to spending on fashion, food, cars and apartments.
    • 2013, Karen J. Pine, Simonne Gnessen, Sheconomics:
      In terms of Sheconomy, debt falls into three categories – the good, the bad and the just plain ugly.
    • 2017, Bradley A. Coates, Divorce with Decency, page 150:
      This seems to be primarily in response to my simply citing the proven facts that many of the key changes in modern society, and modern marriages, have come as an outgrowth of the fast-breaking "liberation" of America's women and the attendant rise of the "Sheconomy."
    • 2019 May 3, “China's $670 billion 'sheconomy' is growing like crazy”, in CNBC:
      A "sheconomy" is booming in China, driven by a seismic shift in younger women's spending habits.
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