Traditional roles is a huge risk for a woman. When it works out, everyone is happy. When it doesn’t work out, I truly believe women ends up with the short end of the stick (usually).

Mary is a virgin or a low count woman who is in her early 20’s. SInce she lack experience in dating, she meets John who she thinks is a good man. Parents seem to approve, they get married. They get married after 1-2 years and decide to have kids. Since they both prefer traditional role, they decide to start trying for kids. They end up having 2 kids 2 years apart.

The kids and house are mainly mary’s responsibility. John just has to go to work and earn money. John is working hard at his career, pulling multiple late nights and his wife supports him by creating a loving home and watching over the kids.

Say something now changes, one kid is 2 years old, another is an infant. Perhaps mary now is too stressed at home with the kids and chores to have sex. Perhaps John or Mary has gained weight. Perhaps John met career betty at work and has an affair. Their relationship starts to suffer. Finally after 7 years of marriage, they call it quits.

John has climbed that corporate ladder and now is making 100k. Mary has zero work experience (she may or may not even have a college degree, but certainly she has been out of work for almost a decade). The judge states the young kids (around 6 and 4) should stay with the mom primarily (maybe split custody).

John doesn’t want to pay alimony (edit: most alimony are settle out of court, and alimony is rarely granted, even if it was, usually just for a few years). Mary now has to pick up some low income job for 7-10$/hr and has two kids to take care of. John is still making 100k due to the support Mary given him but mary is barely making ends meet.

This is why traditional women have more risks.