Couples struggle with society's mixed messages

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'We believe men are in charge and women are suppressed in relationships. But really, women dominate in personal arguments twice as often as men do. Furthermore, men get more stressed and stay stressed longer than women do following an argument. And two-thirds of divorces are filed by women.

Men's chivalrous tendencies to protect women against bullies are working against themselves. Being openly critical of men is gaining acceptance, but being openly critical of women is socially improper.

Women who can't get a man to commit to a relationship are seen as exploited. Men in the same boat aren't a real concern. "'Runaway Bride' was funny; 'Runaway Groom' would be anything but," Driscoll says.

Bottom line, Driscoll and Davis say, is men are being disenfranchised in their families. And unless we turn things around, it will be our children who suffer the most.'