At risk of provoking more psycho-analysis

In 1996, the GSS asked:

If the husband in a family wants children, but the wife decides that she does not want any children, is it all right for the wife to refuse to have children?

and

If the wife in a family wants children, but the husband decides that he does not want any children, is it all right for the husband to refuse to have children?

Survey says: 82% affirmed the wife’s right to refuse, but only 61% affirmed the same right for husbands. Other than a simple men’s rights story, anyone got an explanation?

P.S. Men and women are almost equally likely to hold this double standard. 83% of men (versus 81% of women) affirm women’s right to refuse; 60% of men (versus 61% of women) affirm men’s right to refuse.