powerposepenguin t1_jaa3z78 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:16 PM

Reply to comment by iAmBalfrog in TIFU by realizing I’m in a practical relationship rather than a loving one. by [deleted]

Jeez in what time are you living? The sixties? Woman are financially independent for ages now and even make more at a younger age then man. Your idea of society might be what you heard from celebrities drama or of women after marriage, when they decide to work less after having a kid. It's still very commen as a women to be pressured to work less than the husband to take care of the kids, which has been proven in many studies that its killing for salary growth

iAmBalfrog t1_jabwfqv wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:00 AM

According to Census figures (from Forbes), of the 400,000 people in the US receiving Alimony, 3 percent are male, yet 40 percent of households are headed by female breadwinners. This implies that either divorce courts are sexist towards men, or we see more divorces between poorer females and richer males, or in my example, people with less to lose and something to gain.

I don't like the above statistics, i'm not happy with the above statistics, but it's the world we live in as of today. I agree theres been great strives towards gender equality, but we aren't there yet. Nothing you've said disagrees with the fact that these women have less to lose and something to gain.