First, men derive more benefit from marriage than
women, and marriage entails more emotional
distress for wives than for husbands. Wives report
more psychiatric disorders than husbands, whereas
men tend to have higher levels of distress and
psychiatric disorders in the unmarried population.
The ‘new man’ who shares responsibilities with
women is more of an idea(l) than a reality, with
most men still expecting to be taken care of in
intimate relationships.