It is true there is a "link between an unequal division of labor and women's levels of depressive symptoms" (Himsel & Goldberg, 2003, p. 844). As a result, according to Himsel and Goldberg, when the division of labor divides equally and takes into consideration that women have the same rights at work as the men so that the society is healthy and the women feel better about their own position in the work force. This change not only will correct division of labor in the society, but also will create a view in the society toward the dual-earner couples.
The second reason that makes the traditional gender roles unhealthy for the society is that because women have no opportunity to work outside of the home like the men. The researcher Ertz (1999) who is a professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at Wellesley College, has studied this issue and observed "the most successful (and elite) dual-career and dual-earner couples" (p. 18). In other words, the parents who are a part of the society are more excelled in their lives and that could lead to make the society more active. According to Himsel and Goldberg (2003), who are professors in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, School of Social Ecology at the University of California, they say that the life of dual-earner families become better than single-earner families. Also, other statistical analysis which is reliable by the United States Department of Labor show that dual-earner families are the norm (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003). As a result of that, the economy of the society will enhance. In contrast, the traditional gender roles ignore the great benefits of the dual-earner couple and concentrate on the roles which make the women only focus on home duties. This point is investigated by Brescoll and Uhlmann (2005) in their article, "according to this assumption that the idea of breadwinner is the men and the women responsible for home duties.
