So when you say a woman is free to work and create her own wealth, are you discounting the fact that most couples have joint accounts, joint property, and joint ventures? I would think that counts as "community property" that needs to be divided. As a woman who was free to work and create my own wealth, I have to say that with all of the assests we have accumulated in our marriage, I was THANKFUL we never did combine our main bank accounts. It was merely out of laziness and lack of motivation to do so, but it did make it much easier when the divorce came. Even still, there were accounts that we held jointly that needed to be sorted out and two properties that had to be divided. This is still community property as far as the court was concerned.

Also, it is an age old debate - who works harder, the mom who stays home or the mom that works outside the home - and I won't get into that now, but it seems like a rather uninformed comment on your part to say that a stay-at-home mom likely gets compensated by "care and life-enjoyment" that she receives from modern conveniences. Would those conveniences include a washing machine or a dishwasher? Does this mean that because these appliances exist that having to do laundry or clean dishes is obsolete or that these chores are done by themselves? You seem well educated, so that comment stands out as particularly ignorant (no insult intended, by the way).

Women who choose to stay home to care for the children and the household are not compensated with money (usually) and make many sacrifices to be able to care for their families in this way. And it appears they CAN be fired - when the man decides he wants a divorce. Just sayin'.