Society saw women to be too financially irresponsible to care for themselves let alone kids so fathers needed to step in and finance women’s inherent ineptitude.
Let's look at the history of the tender years' doctrine and child support.
Women care for and help household members 2.08 more hours per day than men in the most extreme case presented by Table 8A, but men work 6.43 hours more per day than women.
“Woe to the mother who did not choose to selflessly and altruistically place her children above all else, for she would be deemed a failure as a mother, and as a woman.” 25 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 891, 901 (1998)(ir.law.fsu.edu/cgi/viewconten…).
“In the early 20th century, …just 20 percent of all women were “gainful workers,” as the Census Bureau then categorized labor force participation outside the home” (brookings.edu/essay/the-hist…).
@Alexand59482200 Women have to be willing to do equal work. Statistically, most women do not do equal work. This must change if there is to be the equality of which you speak.
@Alexand59482200@BLS_gov@pewresearch According to the @BLS_gov, "[o]n the days they worked, employed men worked 49 minutes more than employed women. … However, even among full-time workers (those usually working 35 hours or more per week), men worked more per day than women—8.4 hours, compared with 7.9 hours."