More women are family breadwinners today. New data from the American Community Survey suggest that among married, heterosexual couples in the U. In contrast, the survey suggests that life satisfaction does not differ significantly among married men, whether they are the assian breadwinner or not. On other measures, including marital satisfaction and asizn the couple feels close and engaged in the relationship, female breadwinners also score lower than their peers who earn less than their husbands. And again, these differences are not observed among married men. The culprit here may be traditional gender norms. Women under-report their income and men overreport it. The norm that men should be the lead breadwinner still has a strong hold on our society. However, this theory does not explain why only women appear to be affected by this departure from traditional gender norms. Perhaps women are more likely to hold traditional gender norms than men and therefore are more uncomfortable about...