Women Report More Marital Problems Than Do Their Husbands, Although

Multiple Choice

Women report more marital problems than do their husbands, although interestingly, women tend to blame themselves for many of these problems. Why is this, according to the text?

A) Women often have a subordinate position in marriage, and as a result, wives monitor and interpret their marriages more often than do husbands.
B) Wives are more easily frustrated by money problems since they tend to pay the bills.
C) Wives are more likely to want larger families than are their husbands.
D) Husbands are more likely to get their feelings hurt, but they try to hide it.
E) Wives are far more likely to get angry or jealous or become domineering, critical, moody, and untalkative, and then feel guilty afterwards.