Stay-At-Home-Husbands- an ultimate status symbol for women or 'unmasculine men'?

Real-Life Stay-at-Home Husbands

Although, Maire Claire may not be the 'best' source of information, this is a great article about the growing numbers of stay-at-home-dads/husbands, how this phenomenon is related to the recession due to the fact that, as Hilary Stout notes, "three men lost their jobs for every one woman that did, and as a result, this year, for the first time ever, women make up the majority of the workforce." But the gender-role swap has it pros and cons. On the pros side, the stay-at-home-dads enjoy the bonding experience with their children and, as PJ, an ex-construction company manager states, sometimes he doesn't know if he is "man enough to be a woman." when child rearing gets to be too much. On the con side, marriage and family therapist, Karen Gail Lewis points out that gender-role swap takes a toll on the couple's intimacy as some wives view their stay-at-home-husbands "weak and inadequate" and some men wonder "what is my true worth as a person if I don't get paycheck?"
These are some great questions to consider: Is a man, man enough to be a woman?
Is a person's worth measured/determined by their paycheck? Why do some wives see their stay-at-home-husbands as "inadequate and weak"? Yet other women brag about such husbands or "elevated life-forms"? Jeez, this sounds a bit condescending and as if we really were from different planets.


Real-Life Stay-at-Home Husbands
http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/relationship-issues/articles/stay-at-home-husband-status-symbol