Could it be that men just need to be needed?
Men felt better about the future of their relationship when their partner had just failed.
via Study: Boyfriends Insecure, Wish to Hoard Success for Themselves – Julie Beck – The Atlantic.
The study overall doesn’t make me feel too optimistic about the future of gender equality.
Diary of a Corporate Wife 
It is pretty scary, isn’t it? I think that many men are still put off or intimidated by a successful woman.