The Superior Wife Syndrome: Why Women Do Everything So Well and Why--for the Sake of Our Marriages--We've Got to Stop - Softcover

"Rubenstein's stories of wives and husbands ring true and will surely resonate with many women who fi nd themselves taking on more than they expected to, getting less of the support and equality they planned on, and wondering how to get the pleasure they so hoped for in their marriages." -- Dalma Heyn, author of "The Erotic Silence of the American Wife" and "Marriage Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives"

"Any reader will find themselves identifying with Carin Rubenstein's 'state of modern marriage' -- if not themselves, then their parents or adult children. A wake-up call for marital "evolution, " if not "revolution."" -- Gail Sheehy, author of "Passages" and "Sex and the Seasoned Woman"

As women have risen in the work world, their marriages have also been transformed: The wife has become the superior spouse. This book is for every wife who brings home the bacon, fries it up in a pan that she washes, cleans the kitchen, puts the kids to bed, and drops from exhaustion at the end of each day while her husband watches the game. The Superior Wife Syndrome explains how she ended up this way and reveals how she can work her way back to marital equality . . . Bringing together personal stories of everyday couples and expert social analysis, psychologist Carin Rubenstein provides readers with an intelligent and groundbreaking look into a disturbing marital trend: In two out of three marriages, women are running the show while men take it easy. As a result, more and more women are rejecting marriage as a viable social institution . . . Filled with tales from the home front and packed with tips for curing the syndrome, The Superior Wife Syndrome gives women the tools they need to get out of the driver's seat, reconnect with their husband, and have happier and healthier marriages . . .