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Wives Earning More Than Husbands Linked To Rising Mental Health Diagnoses In Couples (wellbeingnews.co.uk)

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The study, conducted by Dr Demid Getik, explores how mental health is related to income make-up within couples by examining the link between annual income rises for women and the number of clinical mental health diagnoses over a set period of time.

The study finds that as more women take on the breadwinner role in the household, the number of mental health related incidences also increases.

As wives begin earning more than their husbands, the probability of receiving a mental health diagnosis increases by as much as 8% for all those observed in the study, but by as much as 11% for the men.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My wife easily does 80% or more of the housework. She makes less than half what I do. The thing is, she only works 40 hours or so a week compared to my 60 or so. I'm not glorifying my overwork, I hate that I work so much. I'm also out of town during the week days more than half the time.

I would be thrilled if she made more than me. We could hire a cleaning service and we would be so happy. This shit is insane and probably bad science.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There goes the patriarchy hurting men again.

Gotta add that my wife makes more than me and I’m sure glad she does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

The patriarchy hurts everyone, just in different ways.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Men who are uncomfortable with their wives earning more money are also probably more prone to feeling some stigma around addressing their own mental health issues

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This has to depend on the guy. My ex, he always made less $ than me because I went to college after having kids and got a better job, then asked him if he wanted to do the same he said no, and we made enough as long as we both worked, it wasn't anything we really thought about, only about hours worked by each of us. Now when he was unemployed it all went to hell, but not as long as he worked at all. I valued his work, not the wage.

My husband, he wants to make more than me but sees it as a challenge, he wants me to make more money, because it would motivate him to make more money, he just wants us to have more money. He is very happy for me to succeed, and I'm valued for contributions at home and making money, and (critically important) he does as much as me around the house, and our busy work seasons aren't at the same time so we are able to support each other during those months. I do think it's a sexist thing (he does too but still feels it) but don't actually care, it works fine for us in practice.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago

Maybe this happens because the woman who earns more often emasculates her husband with snide remarks or jabs. Unlike the other way round where men are expected to earn more than their spouse otherwise they're "less of a man".

Maybe that's contributing to the higher mental health issues.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Been divorced since forever, and with age comes wisdom. I think it would be fantastic if I had a high earning wife. Really..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My SO teaches religion parttime and makes more than I do working fulltime in IT. Power to her. If I wanted the same I should've become a teacher too.

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