I think that some men have improved too. They have learn "soft skills" from their mothers and women, then apply them to their lives or work. Then you have the ones who have find dependable partners. Since their wives have good income, they can risk to create business. Others chose to spend more time with their children and develop a relationship that they couldn't have with their fathers since they were working most of the time.

Some people adapt and find the advantages in the new model. Other would cling to the old one and might still work for them (although in this economy might be more risky).

Then you have people in the middle, the ones who want the best of both worlds. Those are the ones who fail. After all, the man who wants a high earning wive that also takes care of the house while he just enjoy his hobbies, would probably end divorcing. And so do the woman who doesn't want to work outside the house, but neither want to do domestic chores.

What you see is a gap in expectations. I think the proportion of men who want traditional wives, is higher than the proportion of young women who want to be traditional. So you get more single mothers in the side of women who don't want to be traditional, and more single men in the side of men who want traditional women.

That is why some men learn to cook and use that skill to get dates. It is a way to signal that while their wages might not be higher, that they have things to offer. And it works with the non-traditional women in the same way that an expensive restaurant works for traditional women.

So take a look at those young men, some of them might surprise you (for good). ;)