I hear you two. There’s an unfortunate, persistent anti-female streak that runs through FR.
Ya think??
I'd say it's more of a tinge than a full streak - a tinge found everywhere, in both conservative and liberal circles, in both the real and virtual worlds. We also have a bit of an anti-Catholic tinge, anti-Mormon, and other unpleasant shadows. I don't think any of those are central to FR, but they are all present at FR just as they are present everywhere else.
Personally, I would be thrilled if my wife made more than I used to make, but the division of labor included me starting a company where I worked long hours, and her taking care of just about everything else. I'll get a lot in social security, and she'll get relatively little. I arranged our finances so that no matter what happens she will be equally comfortable, but that took resources that not everyone has.
Must be a lot of divorced men here on the Free Republic!
My wife and I have been happily married for something like 27 years now. She's got nothing to worry about. She's going to outlive me and she's getting all my money. Hell, my mother-in-law will probably outlive me and so she'll get some of it too.