The women are beginning to take on the role as the breadwinner, but unfortunately the majority of husbands are not taking on any additional family roles. The women often find themselves working a double shift. Women in this situation are beginning to feel the stresses of an extra large workload. They can not possibly take on the complete role as a housewife after a day's work at a paid profession. Without the necessary time needed to relax and focus on herself, the wife becomes stressed and burned out.
Depression is a common result of the women being over worked.
The more household tasks that the working wife has to do correlates directly with her satisfaction in the marriage. As far as who should have the greater say in the relationship, men still feel that they should be dominant in decision making. This is due to both the genetic differences of men and the cultural norms that allow it. Stunningly, women report more distress if husbands are dominant with the housework. Even though women usually keep the same responsibilities around the house while working outside the home, they feel that the home should be the way they want to keep it.