When a culture is over-awed and the men are cowed into thinking that they cannot protect or provide for their families, then they, the men fall into depression and seek refuge in alcohol
Man's role is as bread-winner. Maybe the wife would be BETTER at earning money. No matter. If the man does not feel like he is contributing as the head of the family, more than likely he degenerates.
I don’t disagree. I also don’t see any way modern economic circumstances will continue to allow the vast majority of men to automatically continue to earn significantly more than their wives.
In pre-modern times most women spent at least 2/3, often all, of their lives caring directly for children. For modern women this has dropped to at most, even for those who don’t work outside the home, perhaps 10 to 20 years.
So what is an woman supposed to do with the other 40 to 60 years of her adult life?