Downsizing masculinity is the effect on the hegemonic male identity when the man has lost his job or role as provider for his family due to loss of a stable wage. The ability to provide for both children and wife is an important aspect of fatherhood. The male’s masculine identity is further insulted when the reliance on financial resources is shifted to the wife as, not only can he not find work, but must depend on a woman to hold the family together. If the need for the children to help contribute to the family for survival the man’s