My wife works with a black woman who refuses to apply for promotions or accept pay raises. Why? Because it would put her over her earning requirement, and she would lose government handouts. Absolutely asinine.
I've worked with women who also refused to do more in order to avoid making more money, not because of government handouts, but because of calculations for alimony and child support.
Between women subsidized by taxpayers, ex-husbands, or unmarried fathers, there's a large portion of the workforce that are subsidized single mothers. One outcome is that it suppresses pay and compensation as employers seek these women out and then turn around and try to force men to accept the same lower wages.