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At the Dublon household in New York's Westchester County, it has always been husband Giora who packed the lunches and took the kids to school. Wife Dina, the CFO of J.P. Morgan Chase, is the spouse who handles tough questions from Wall Street about the bank's exposure to Enron. "My dad has always been my mom," says their 16-year-old son, Gershon, with pride. "He keeps a pretty good house."

Remember that adage, Behind every great man is a great woman? Well, forget it. As corporate women continue their climb up the ladder, the reverse is increasingly true. At Ford, Xerox, Sun, Schwab, Verizon, J.P. Morgan Chase, Coca-Cola-almost everywhere you look in the upper ranks of the FORTUNE 500-it could be the woman wearing the pants and the man minding hearth and home. Call him what you will: househusband家庭主夫 — a husband who keeps the house, stay-at-home dad, domestic engineer. But credit him with setting aside his own career by dropping out, retiring early, or going part-time so that his wife's career might flourish and their family might thrive. Behind a great woman at work, there is often a great man at home. He is the new trophy husband.