The Today Show had a great piece on a topic near and dear to my heart. I see this issue come up quite a bit in my practice. Check out the video.

Understanding Relationship Dynamics and Emasculation

My commentary

I think it’s worth emphasizing the following point: there is a difference between a woman who simply earns more money and one who takes the dominant “alpha” position in the marriage. It’s not about the dollars as earning more money does not necessarily make you an alpha or cause marital problems.

The true dominant alpha woman is the one who is at risk of emasculating her husband and that’s where the problems lies. Many woman in this position can feel resentful because they are doing all the heavy lifting in the marriage in terms of working, bringing home money and being the point person as wife and mommy.

After a while she can start asking herself “what’s he contributing?” It is this mindset that causes the problems and not simply the money.

More to come on this topic…