Yeah, there are women out there that are completely comfortable with their spot, because it excuses them from taking responsibility. I can understand that somehow. If you were raised with the expectation that the hard and shitty parts of life as a salaryman are nothing you have to bother yourself with, and never were in the situation where these conditions threatened your safety or wellbeing because your partner is a fucking bastard (or in some cases even IF your partner is a full-blown fuckwad, thanks to the economical predicament you are now in), the proposition of completely taking charge of your own life might be a scary one, and this would cause them to argue for such a system.

And we can’t forget that men are still raised mainly by women, who then implant the same ideas that lead to their predicament into their children. Depending on how you were raised, expecting strict gender roles doesn’t make you an asshole, but it is just an extension of the values imprinted on you (Thinking for yourself of course will modify that, but it won’t be able to erase all of it, especially in a society that perpetuates the same values)

Emancipation starts with women teaching their children why the current way of doing things is bad.