What most women don't realize is how vulnerable men are about so many topics. Why do you think they don't like to talk about their feelings? Since most men identify themselves and their self worth by what they do for a living, having money and the power and choices that go with it are so vital to guys. A real test for a guys masculinity is when he can acknowledge that a woman makes more than him but he can still respect her and feel good about himself. For most of the guys I have known over the decades this wasn't just something they woke up one morning and had it down pat but something that they learned over time usually with at least one other person to be both supportive and to 'bounce ideas off of' to help him stay grounded when it would be far too easy to lose perspective when he had a major achievement. Men learn from an early age to look out for number ONE and too bad more women didn't...