Being a house husband may be bad for your health 

Are you tired of the daily routine and planning to take up the role of a “kept man”, someone who is financially supported by his spouse? Beware, according to a study, men who are not main earners in relationships could suffer stress conditions.

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What findings say?

• The findings showed that being a kept man may be dangerous for the health.
• And can increase the risk of suffering heart problems, chronic lung disease and stomach ulcers.
• This happens because their masculinity is damaged, the researchers said.
• Men who were raised to be the main breadwinner may feel they are falling short.
• And may be made to feel inadequate by their peers, family members, and even their spouse and children.
• “These processes of stigmatisation can take a toll on a man’s sense of masculinity, self, and competence,”Expert added.
• Furthermore,the study showed that when such men are toppled from the position of breadwinner.
• In addition,they may also seek to regain their manliness through smoking, drinking and eating unhealthily.
• Men who do not uphold the male breadwinner role may feel like a professional failure.
• Or may feel that they are failing their families by not providing for them economically.
• Men who hold particularly rigid gender role expectations may also be troubled by their wives’ career success and earning capacity.
• Especially if the husband believes his wife’s work activities are taking away from her home-making activities,”Expert noted.

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Experiment:

• For the study the team studied nearly 1,100 married couples over three decades.
• Finding health problems in men whose wife became the main breadwinner early or late in the marriage.
• Furthermore,previous research has found that while women who are the main breadwinners.
• May try harder to keep their marriage on track, their husbands are more likely to abuse them or cut back on their contribution to housework.