Working mothers don't take family stress to work. A 1989 study of women revealed that the only spillover between home and work was positive. Men in two-career families are more involved in raising their kids and in household responsibilities. By the time children reach school age, fathers spend as many hours in childcare as mothers. In addition, these men are assuming 45 percent of the household duties.
Men benefit from a two-income household.
Men's wages have been flat or declining for more than a decade. Employed wives ease the financial burden and reduce the stress on men, particularly in this downsizing economy.