[tiny_ta]

It's not quite the same thing though, is it? You can walk away from one employer and go to another as long as you have employ-able skills. It's much harder to walk away from a marriage that is not working out for one and if some financial independence makes it easier to, then so be it!

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

I'm not arguing against choice, I'm arguing that despite downsides there are merits to having a homemaker and viewing the household as a team rather than a collection of individuals.

Perhaps the more equitable route is a household where both work fewer hours so both can be breadwinner and homemaker.

[Apocryphon]

There’s the concept of ensuring a family wage, rather than an individual’s own living wage.