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Female money doesn’t buy male happiness: Macho men let their female partner’s higher income threaten their relationship
July 17, 2012 by NewsBot
Macho men whose partners earn more than they do have worse romantic relationships, in part because the difference in income is a strain for them, according to a new study. Conversely, men who are not so traditional in their masculinity do not place as much importance on the difference in income and, as a result, appear to have better quality relationships with their female partner.