<story><title>Men Without Full-Time Jobs Are 33% More Likely to Divorce</title><url>https://time.com/4425061/unemployment-divorce-men-women/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>darth_avocado</author><text>Is it surprising though? Regardless of how far we’ve come in terms of viewing gender roles, the society still expects men to provide. Most women don’t prefer marrying down, while men are okay with it and that is a fact. And when married men do not have stable jobs, most women get additional pressure from people around them, friends, family, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nobodyandproud</author><text>&amp;gt; Most women don’t prefer marrying down, while men are okay with it and that is a fact&lt;p&gt;I’ve seen this once: Trophy husband (college buddy) to a high earning wife.&lt;p&gt;They are still happily married though I don’t keep in touch.&lt;p&gt;More common:  I’ve met Ivy League women (or similar, very smart) who’ve underachieved in their career, who wouldn’t marry down.&lt;p&gt;They asked me if I knew anyone but thin pickings in the 40s:  I know guy, but he’s in the milita…nope.”</text></comment>
<story><title>Men Without Full-Time Jobs Are 33% More Likely to Divorce</title><url>https://time.com/4425061/unemployment-divorce-men-women/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>darth_avocado</author><text>Is it surprising though? Regardless of how far we’ve come in terms of viewing gender roles, the society still expects men to provide. Most women don’t prefer marrying down, while men are okay with it and that is a fact. And when married men do not have stable jobs, most women get additional pressure from people around them, friends, family, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>Citations:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;fact-tank&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;americans-see-men-as-the-financial-providers-even-as-womens-contributions-grow&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;fact-tank&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;americans-s...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dailymail.co.uk&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;article-6004239&amp;#x2F;High-flying-career-women-refusing-marry-despite-struggling-Mr-Right.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dailymail.co.uk&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;article-6004239&amp;#x2F;High-flying...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>