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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There isn't a threat to masculinity - the threat is an economic one, where when women reach parity or surpass men economically, they don't treat men the same way men treat women.

What i mean by this is look at the 'underemployed bf - wwyd' thread.

That and other threads on 'providers' and data showing most women dislike outperforming their partners socio-economically is what is driving this disconnect.

There are way less threads about 'underemployed gf - wwyd' and others similar.

As women gain more and more in the labor market and thereby capture greater pieces of the economic pie with respect to men compared to their mothers and grandmothers, society has to change the dynamic of what is 'expected' from both genders.

Why men feel like their masculinity has taken a hit is because as they lose out relatively to women compared to their fathers/grandfathers, there hasn't been a similar shift in attitudes regarding breadwinners/providers.[/quote]

I agree with this.  Society will have to become more accepting of SAHDs.  Women may have to accept they may not be able to be a SAHM.  All of the educated women I know make just as much as their husbands and in some cases they make more.[/quote]

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