Wow..glad you feel better bikinimom.
Well, if the woman marries someone who can support her and her kids, if she, or she and he, decide to have kids, then the picture is quiet different.
Once in a while on a day off during the week I stop in at Starbucks. Who's there ? Mom's and their babies. Sipping cappuccinos, and talking gossip.
They can do that because their husbands MUST work. The women have chosen not to take a job outside the home. The man has no choice. He will always have to work. Kids or not. Wife or not.
Now, if she's unhappy, she divorces, takes the child support, alimony, house, etc., and re-marries.
I can go on.....