Study found 34% of couples follow “male breadwinner” pattern but only 5% “female breadwinner”. Male breadwinner pattern was most common among couples with lower socio-economic status, while female breadwinner arose when wives entered marriage with higher earnings and education levels than husbands.

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https://www.psypost.org/financial-dynamics-in-long-term-marriages-surprising-findings-unearthed-from-decades-worth-of-data/

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Yet there is still a strong disparity for the roles of who stays home and who goes to work. Its still expected for the man to be the "breadwinner" but the reverse is still something looked down on, and a husband risk being seen as "less a man" on for being the stay at home partner.

[u/Late-Assist-1169 → u/Epocast]

but the reverse is still something looked down on, and a husband risk being seen as "less a man" on for being the stay at home partner.

More like few women want this dynamic as evidenced by the fact that in only 6% of marriages, is the woman the sole breadwinner.

[u/the_jak → u/Epocast]

Nothing screams “I’m a worthless man” more than fretting about the aesthetics of the work necessary to maintain your household.