The relations between men and wives are changing too. A majority of working women remain 1 their home; they come back at night to the cleaning, washing, and cooking that 2 their second career. But more and more husbands are sharing the burden and willingly 3 chores that their fathers would have rejected as unmanly, and as too much mysteriously difficult anyway. 4 such cases, man and wife become equal partners, both working outside, both pushing their vacuum cleaner. 5 , the number of husbands who do help in that way is much smaller than the number of those who accept the idea in theory, 6 the equal partnership is a fact, it does not always work well. The marriage can be destroyed when the wife is more successful in her profession 7 her husband in his, particularly when she earns more than he does. Sociologists see in this situation one of the main reasons for the increase in divorce rate, another reason 8 the husband.s refusal to help with the housework or the care of children. A third reason could be the growing awareness of the professional women 9 she does not have to remain married 10 she is too unhappy.
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