Margaret Hartmann examines a study on how gender stereotypes determine the extent to which couples share their struggles with friends and family:
[Researchers] found that couples often adjust how much information they share with their loved ones based on whether the man or the woman feels more stigmatized by their reproductive problems. When the woman is more concerned about how people will react to her infertility, both partners share more with friends and family. However, when the man is more concerned about how he'll be perceived, both partners keep their problems quiet.
The Dish 