This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "This Happens When Women Earn More Than Men" discussing the societal and relational impacts when women earn more than men, including increased likelihood of divorce and issues with male self-esteem.
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There's the way the world should be and the way the world is. The way the world is is the following is that when the woman in the relationship starts making more money than the man, the likelihood of divorce doubles. Really? The use of erectile dysfunction drugs triples because the man feels has less self esteem and has problems. Women feel innately that their job or one of the things they need to be focused on is how to protect offspring and they need to partner with someone who's strong and can protect them and their offspring. And in a capitalist society strength is conflated with economic power. If a woman is ascending economically what you see is men aren't stepping up logistically and emotionally and domestically they're not keeping pace with that assent. And so at some point the woman in the relationship does the math and says okay, I'm the provider, I'm the procreator and you aren't stepping up at home, then I'm definitely out of here.