When Ladies Pay Goes Up,Their Husbands Penis's Go Down

Some new Danish Research, published by the Pacific Standard  suggests that although your partner may be saying that they are fine with your bread winning status, the reality is that they really are, at least, parts of their body isn't. For some men, this seemingly ego deflating notion causes a significantly higher propensity to take Viagra  As my learned friend Lamar Pierce says “Even small differences in relative income are associated with large changes in ED medication usage when they shift the marriage from a male to a female breadwinner,”

His findings are even more important because they were conducted in Denmark, which is a country known for its 'progressive gender attitude' so, in a more traditional environment  you would expect the results to be amplified. The actual results of the survey was this:  “men outearned by their wives are more likely to use erectile dysfunction medication than their male breadwinner counterparts, even when this inequality is small.” They add that “the increase in ED medication usage continues as the gap between the wages of the wife and husband increases.”

However, this study was conducted with a very specific group of couples, the men stated off earning more than women, who then over took the financially. This suggests that “men who knowingly marry high-earning females suffer no psychological costs from future income comparisons,” the researchers write.

Further, it's actually in marriages specifically where this effect takes place, the un-married co-habitating couples  the don't seem to be any unusual problems in the bedroom . Suggesting that its the tradition view of marriage that is influencing the findings. 

I'm not married, so I can't really comment on it personally, but perhaps we should go into marriages expecting financial situations to change.

Dorothy