Historically, men never actually provided for women. They simply restricted women from providing for themselves..

Largely yes.

That's a very interesting assertion.

Let's see,

Prehistoric hunters — Men often hunted large game (mammoths, bison, deer).

Greece — Male citizens earned the family's livelihood through military service

Ancient Rome — Men worked as farmers, merchants, and soldiers

Vikings— Men fished, hunted, or went on raiding expeditions, bringing back resources

Medieval Europe — Men plowed fields, or served as soldiers

Japan — Samurai and peasant men were responsible for bringing in income through military service or farming.

Early American frontier — Men cleared land, built homes, hunted, and farmed

And my favorite...

Among the Inuit (Eskimo people), whale hunting was one of the clearest historical examples of men providing for their families.

I'm sure I missed some.

Yeah, I don’t think there’s any good reason to limit the rights of women. The opportunities should go to whoever can do the job.

It depends on how far back in the history we are willing to go.

Depends on the culture. But the prevailing western cultures definitely stole autonomy from women. Personally, I always felt like matriarchy would have been more logical. It's pretty damn hard to call into question the maternity of a possible heir - and that question of paternity and inheritance was a large part of that justification.

Imma be very real rn ,In this day and age.... I WISH a MF would restrict me from providing for myself . They don't build them like they use to no more !

Depends on the culture, and how one defines "providing”. 🙂

Nobody should have to depend on anybody but unfortunately we live in a world where so many people think they're owed something

Weapons grade, copper bottomed, ocean going bullshit.

That's not true but I'm not surprised that that thought is becoming prevalent.

in the past most work was heavily physical. from a modern viewpoint yes women are as capable as men, but we don't consider things from an old fashioned point of view.

Manufactured reliance