I agree but I will also stand by the point that not all women would have become the CEO of Coca Cola had it not for been for raising that family. Hard though it be, we have to make choices.
DW, I get where you're coming from but the truth is, both men and women want children. And, unfortunately, in our society today even working women are saddled with the majority of childcare. Yes, it could be different, but it's the truth. In most cases, when one member of a couple has to sacrifice some or all of a career, it's the female partner of the relationship. It's cultural, and most women (me included) are willing to do it. Yes, we choose to be mothers and we generally are, if nothing else, resigned to the fact that if we have kids the burden of care will fall on us. That's just realistic. For many women, choosing between having kids and giving up some of a career or not having kids at all is not an easy decision, but one that's generally made in favor of having children.
In my case, I came into my motherhood with the full understanding that I would be mom for 5 years and give up most of my career because my husband was much more established in his career (which is what I get for marrying an old fart). I'm okay with that. However, I do miss work terribly, and staying at home mostly isolated with the internet being the only communication I get some days is difficult. On the other hand, I know it's just as hard for my husband to work 16 hour days and come home to be with us for 2 hours at the most. In my opinion, our roles are equally demanding and we sacrifice equally. Therefore, even though my income is squat, what I have given to this marriage is, averaged out over the years 50%. To say that I deserve anything less than half of the proceeds from a divorce isn't fair, even though most of the assets have been gained with my husband's salary.
In the same vein, had I married someone with assets coming into the marriage, I would not have signed a prenup unless he had other children that needed to be cared for in the event of a divorce. Why not? Because when he married me I agreed to take on all of him, the good and the bad, and vice versa. If I manage a household with someone, including finances, the sum total of that household is half mine regardless of whose wealth, previously or during the relationship, enriched the household.
I agree with bliss also, because if I were to get divorced today, I'd be in a similar situation that she was, except I have a child. I have a fledgling career and other job prospects would not be enough to cover the cost of raising a child and keeping my own household. I'd be fucked financially, and that's just the truth of it. I would feel 100% entitled to be supported until I could get my feet off the ground in a career and get money to raise my child. It doesn't seem fair to me that, having put in 50% into a relationship, that I walk with nothing and my husband would still have the house, the cars, his income, etc.
But I don't plan on getting divorced, thank Bob.