This will probably start a firestorm.

Didn't the divorce rates begin to skyrocket with no fault divorce? I can imagine why women would initiate divorce more as there are more rewards for it than a man initiating one.

I think men have always had the burden of being protector and provider of his wife and family. A man's self-worth is tied to his ability to provide, it's been instilled in him from time immemorial (e.g. "deadbeat dad" in the absence of paying child support when he can't find a job in a bad economy). I don't see many women attracted to men who do not offer the ability to provide, i.e. with their wealth, potential for wealth, good job, education, etc...

I imagine in a marriage where the male is the house husband the wife would go for the jugular every argument they have and emasculate him further by pointing out that he isn't providing and therefore less of a man.

I imagine in a marriage where the male is the house husband the wife would go for the jugular every argument they have and emasculate him further by pointing out that he isn't providing and therefore less of a man.

That didn't really happen in my house, and my Mom was the bread-winner.

I don't know anything about divorce, but my parents had FOUR FIGHTS in their entire 29 year marriage, which was a happy one until the day my mother died in 2005. My father is now happily retired, and remarried.

As for your "emasculation" comment... I don't know about that. I say a bad marriage, is a bad marriage, is a bad marriage. Some people just don't belong together, and if the person that you are with doesn't treat you properly, you DON'T belong with that person. Life is too short to be unhappy---as a former banker i know that the thing most people argue about is money---but still, if you're with someone who throws your earning potential, past mistakes, family background, or friend selections around as an insult instead of supporting you with your choices, and believing in you as an individual... you really shouldn't be with that person.

And don't tell me I'm naïeve... I'm not. I grew up in a household where my parents loved and supported each other no matter what and didn't fight over who makes how much... and as an adult, I live in ANOTHER household where the same is true.

just comment to say that my husband just informed me as he was taking his women's studies midterm that women didn't burn their bras as much as the media said they did in the 70s. whaaaat

Pretty much true. It happened in a few places and of course the media made a big thing out of it. It was more titillating (pardon the pun) than all the other stuff going on that day so of course it got prominent treatment. I tried going without a bra for a few days. The girls started to hurt even though I'm not generously-sized. That told me that ligaments and tendons might be stretching and if I didn't put my bra back on I'd end up looking like one of those African ladies in National Geographic. I put it back on.

I did, however, devour the feminist literature and choose a non-traditional major in college (Math) and went into a field that had very few females at the time (I'm an actuary). I owe my life and my sanity to the feminists- I would have been a miserable traditional housewife. It's not for everyone.

I like to think that more opportunities for women have been good for men. Some can be househusbands. My sister the doctor has one and they've been happily married for 35 years. I have one- he's 15 years older than I am and doesn't need to worry about making a living at age 74 because I'm still working. He takes care of everything else and it's wonderful. Men who are called to low-paying professions (social work, for example) don't need to struggle to support a family on that income if they marry someone making more. Men don't need to live in terror of losing their job if there's another healthy income and health insurance available through the wife. After my divorce, my son and I did not live in abject poverty despite no child support. I put a roof over his head, paid for him to attend a private boarding school, and then paid his way through college, including a couple of Spring Break trips to Europe. He's employed at a good job and just married a wonderful young woman.

Yes, there are men who will get lost in this. Jobs that require only a strong back are getting scarcer and don't pay as well. The workplace is a bit more Darwinian because guys who might have been able to slide by in the 1950s will get edged out by women who are more motivated. And, yeah, you can't get away with slapping your wife around to keep her under control. If that was your idea of a relationship, sorry, you'll have a harder time finding someone who will put up with that just 'cause you have a paying job.

I wouldn't go back to the 1950s for anything. Sure, some stuff worked well. But a lot didn't.

I imagine in a marriage where the male is the house husband the wife would go for the jugular every argument they have and emasculate him further by pointing out that he isn't providing and therefore less of a man.

Huh? Is that all men are good for- a meal ticket? I love and respect my husband for far more than his pecuniary value.

Turn off Fox News?

Umm actually Megyn Kelly did an awesome job of refuting the hypothesis, and she is on Fox.

So a Stepfox Wife was able to override her programming? Maybe there is hope after all......

Stop the whining and MAKE ME MY SAMMICH! :mad:

Please stop watching FOX news - they are awful media sources

Pretty sure my husband would jump for joy if I made more then him. He'd have no problem spending it either lol.

I haven't read the stories, but do they say specifically that men initiate the divorce because they hate that their wives are more intelligent/hardworking/rich than they are? It could easily be a woman who works her butt off to support a lazy husband, then divorces him because she's in a horrible marriage. Again, I haven't read the stories, but it looks like just a statistic without much reasoning behind it. It may not be what you are reading on the surface.

Not at all, the story is just that more women are the primary breadwinner for their families and some reactive news commentators are saying its the fall of civilization. It's a non-issue.

I agree with many of the other posts. Please stop watching FOX news.

they all sort of suck. watch a little of whatever, draw your own conclusions and then turn it off. it's just a repeating frenzy to work us up into panic and rash consumerism. tv makes me hungry and moody.. unless it's sherlock. you dont want to know what clever men do for me. rowr.

I have a stay at home husband. No kids. We did this so we can travel on my days off (I have a very gernerous vacation allowance & he had only 2 weeks). He's a strong guy, when we married, he even offered to flip a coin to decide who's last name we kept (ie. If I won, he would take my last name).

When he quit his job, we had no problems with it. You know who has made the "stay-at-home" husband thing so hard. EVERYBODY ELSE!! We are happily married, but I can't count the number of snide remarks made to him or me that basicly degrade my husbands contribution to our life & family. That has worn on him alot. When you hear it enough times that you have to be worthless becouse your a "stay-at-home husband", it starts wearing on your confidence.

Women making more than men is not the problem, it's society who tells a guy that he has to support his family to be worthwhile is the problem. My husband is such an asset to me but very few people acknolodge that. I dont deal with anything financial (other than a quick review), I don't deal with our rental house (which was my personal house before we got married & then couldn't sell so we are not happy about being land lords), I don't deal with the bee's that have infested our wall in our new house that we have to hire contractors to tear down part of our house for, I didn't re-paint our kitchen when I wanted it a new color, I don't know where our mailbox is located, I don't babysit my sister youngest on thursday so she can take her oldest to swim lessons, and most of all, I only cook when I want too. But alot of people makes snide remarks & makes him feel worthless.

This thread was not about Game of Thrones. Disapoint.

I am a stay at home mom and I used to be an Operations Manager before we decided for me to stay at home. Honest to God, it's freakin' easier to be an Operations Manager than to take care of kids full-time. I love my life, but by no means is this the easier choice. It is however fulfilling for me.

I say, to each their own! Honestly, it makes no never mind to me what other people "think" I should or should not be doing.

I know a guy who said that he couldn't be with a woman that earns more than him. Time proved that she also has to be dumber than him. I guess some men still live in the stone age
My dad always said that he would be happy if my mom earned more than him because our family whould have more money. This is the best way of seeing the problem: as a family, not as an individual.

I will weigh in on this and make you all hate me. I am not sure the woman's movement did society as many favors as its participates would like to believe. Sure I can work now and get paid well but I cannot stay home with my kids because our society now depends on 2 incomes to make ends meet in most markets. I can have a career but it cost me the most important job. There is not an option now for those of us who want to raise our children ourselves. I can either save towards retirement and own a home or I can be a mom to my little ones while they are little ones. I have to pay someone else to do the most important job in the world so I can go give my time to some corporation doing something that will matter to no one when I am gone. Its not a very good trade if you ask me. Plus since we are all free love and independence men treat us like a disposable napkin. There is always another girl willing to put out and why should he have to support us or our kids since we can do it ourselves. We are taken more seriously in our professional lives at the expense of our personal lives. Yes the movement has degraded the values of our society because we cannot be there to instil those values in our children now and the schools and day cares are not going to do the job for us. As women tell me you do not feel the pain of guilt everytime you drop your babies off for someone else to raise. That is what we traded for. I am very smart and fairly good at my job but what I do each day there is not worth what I am missing out on doing.

I will weigh in on this and make you all hate me. I am not sure the woman's movement did society as many favors as its participates would like to believe. Sure I can work now and get paid well but I cannot stay home with my kids because our society now depends on 2 incomes to make ends meet in most markets. I can have a career but it cost me the most important job. There is not an option now for those of us who want to raise our children ourselves. I can either save towards retirement and own a home or I can be a mom to my little ones while they are little ones. I have to pay someone else to do the most important job in the world so I can go give my time to some corporation doing something that will matter to no one when I am gone. Its not a very good trade if you ask me. Plus since we are all free love and independence men treat us like a disposable napkin. There is always another girl willing to put out and why should he have to support us or our kids since we can do it ourselves. We are taken more seriously in our professional lives at the expense of our personal lives. Yes the movement has degraded the values of our society because we cannot be there to instil those values in our children now and the schools and day cares are not going to do the job for us. As women tell me you do not feel the pain of guilt everytime you drop your babies off for someone else to raise. That is what we traded for. I am very smart and fairly good at my job but what I do each day there is not worth what I am missing out on doing.

I actually agree with you for the most part. Sum it up two incomes required everyone is working no time for family and kids are raised in day care by the system I would go into greater detail but I would rather not get into it. Plus typing on cell and actually have to start working at work momentarily.

To all that assume this was purely a "FOX news commentary" perhaps you are the ones that need to just turn off your TV if you think FOX is the only probable issue for this nonsense. As if CNN wouldn't post the same dribble, also the irony is it has already been clarified that FOX was the one to disagree. Personally TV news is horrible, talk radio is all eight, best thing watch and listen and come to your own conclusions not assumptions.