Study: Men secretly feel terrible when the women they love succeed [View all]

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According to a new study, men experience a blow to their self-esteem when their female partners experience success, even when they aren’t in direct competition. Women’s success also negatively impacts how men view the future of the relationship, researchers found.

“There is an idea that women are allowed to bask in the reflected glory of her male partner and to be the ‘woman behind the successful man,’ but the reverse is not true for men,” says study co-author Kate Ratliff of the University of Florida.

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http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/study_men_secretly_feel_terrible_when_the_women_they_love_succeed/

It will be interesting to see the results of any follow-up studies done on this phenomenon. These results are based on five separate experiments, some in the US, some in the Netherlands, and some online. Also, most participants were younger adults.