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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Atlantic should be ashamed for letting such a poorly researched and written article go to print. [/quote]

I agree.  And it's basically stating, without supporting evidence, that men find it emasculating if they are not the higher earners.   That's a really strong word -- emasculating.   We haven't learned yet that men are valuable in many ways other than their pay checks?  (Just as women are). [/quote]

Of course all people are valuable outside of their paychecks. That doesn't meant that there aren't actual statistically recorded dynamics at play when the husband isn't the higher earner. Women who significantly out earn their husbands have a way higher chance of their husband cheating on them. http://jezebel.com/the-downside-to-earning-more-your-husband-is-more-like-1709891922

Have husbands with ED:

[quote] A 2013 study by a professor at Washington University’s Olin Business School in St. Louis who collaborated with some Danish colleagues revealed that in relationships where women made slightly more than their spouses, men were 10% more likely to need prescription medication for erectile dysfunction, insomnia and anxiety, and the greater the income gap, the more problems men had with ED. [/quote] From http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/04/21/how-women-breadwinners-can-save-their-relationships/#5469115639a7

And feel, yes, emasculated:

[quote]For women, the shift in economic power gives them new choices, not least among them the ability to reappraise their partner. And husbands, for their part, may find to their chagrin that being financially dependent isn’t exactly a turn-on. According to psychologists (and divorce lawyers) who see couples struggling with such changes, many relationships follow the same pattern. First, the wife starts to lose respect for her husband, then he begins to feel emasculated, and then sex dwindles to a full stop.
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http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_9495/
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