There are different kinds of marriages. Those where two people get together right out of college and one desides to work while the other raises a family. Some where she works as well, and some where they have no kids or one kid. In the first one, the traditional marriage, I think most of us would say that the man needs to live up to his end of the deal regardless of the marriage. That is to say that he started a family and agreed to provide, so he should do just that even if the marraige falls apart.
In almost every other case the two parties should be able to go there own seperate ways when they seperate. Women can make as much as men in most industries. Obviously they can’t in some industries like baseball star. And in many industries they can make far more. Female models almost always make more than men. Female engineers and programmers make more as well, there just aren’t as many of them.
I agree, but only if the husband is disproportionately at fault for the divorce and if he is the one pressing for it.
Suppose you have a traditional marriage, and the wife decides she is "bored" or "unsatisfied" or just plain falls in love with someone else. I don't think it's fair to expect a man to pay alimony if he wants to continue honoring his marriage commitment and if he hasn't done anything wrong...even if the wife is unprepared to start living on her own.
Of course this scenario may not be all that common with truly "traditional" marriages, but I think it's safe to say that it does happen. I feel the same way if the roles are reversed, and the bad husband decides to leave his good, higher-earning wife.