Interesting debate over there .....

[Ben Davis]

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I don't consider myself a diehard feminist but ..
In my opinion, our society is slightly sexist - portraying women as weak and inferior to men. Women are just as good as men(perhaps better)and anyone that thinks otherwise is sexist scum. Furthermore, it is degrading to women for the law system to have men pay them support. We aren't living in the 80s, it's 2016, women are capable of standing tall by themselves without men "supporting" them financially or otherwise. Of all the women i've known my entire life perhaps 2 of them didn't have a job, all the other women had highly respectable jobs - more women should be like them - strong and independent. More women should refuse to take "support" from men and illustrate that they are just as good as men. I really wish this sexist society would stop bringing women down - portraying them as weak and inferior to men in need of "support from men".

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Also, you're ignoring the institutional sexism that results from male privilege: women are (on average and when compared to men in the same job/role, with only a couple of exceptions) paid less, less likely to be hired in to secure roles, less likely to be promoted and less likely to be able to rise to as high a rank as their male counterparts. Given that disparity, it's acceptable to me, overall, that there might be an generalised expectation that men would pay more of the upkeep however I would expect a case-by-case assessment of earnings and for maintenance payments to be set fairly, according to circumstances.