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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Gender Studies

Background:

  • Female breadwinner relationships (FBRs), where women earn more than their male partners, deviate from traditional heterosexual scripts.
  • These relationships face social stigma and can evoke feelings of gender threat, impacting well-being.
  • Understanding these dynamics is crucial for advancing gender equality in relationships.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the threat female breadwinner relationships (FBRs) pose to heterosexual scripts.
  • To document the social stigma and gender threat associated with FBRs.
  • To explore the impact of FBRs on relationship quality and gender equality.

Main Methods:

  • Reflexive thematic analysis of 94 newspaper and magazine articles on FBRs.
  • Two pre-registered experiments (N=880 and N=1612) assessing attitudes towards FBRs.
  • Cross-sectional study of 511 married individuals examining relationship outcomes and gender threat.

Main Results:

  • FBRs are perceived negatively, seen as less desirable, lower quality, and less stable than male-breadwinner relationships.
  • Social stigma and gender threat, especially for men, partially explain poorer relationship outcomes in FBRs.
  • Findings align with theories of fragile masculinity, indicating men experience greater gender threat in FBRs.

Conclusions:

  • FBRs challenge rigid heterosexual scripts, resulting in social penalties for those who deviate.
  • Social stigma surrounding FBRs acts as a barrier to gender equality in intimate relationships and society.
  • Further research and societal shifts are needed to foster greater acceptance of diverse relationship structures.