[HarshTruth]

The immense pressure is the women's own doing. Women largely prefer to partner with men who make more money than them, so naturally if one partner becomes a stay at home parent it makes more sense economically for it to be the woman.

If women don't like the pressure to be a stay at home parent, then women can start marrying men who make less money than them (men don't as a group place little value on their partner making more than them) and instead face the pressure of providing for their family.

[morgtheborg]

As a women who would love to have my future husband raise the kids, let me tell you it's not easy to find an intelligent man in a big city who is willing to stay home and raise children.

[Sacho]

Of course, just like it's difficult for such a man to find a woman wanting to be the careerist in the family, because both groups are minorities.

[tomp]

Do you know what their reasons are? I'm really curious, because that seems the obvious choice for me (assuming your wife is earning enough).