I can give you the angle from a divorced and still semi-skewed mind. (It still being somewhat fresh in my mind.)

Divorce is a horrible thing, but rest assured if you have kids it is 100 times worse. Often times the male's life is left a mess. The children go with the mother, the mother (often, not always) raises the child to hate their father, the father spends tons of cash on support, the wife gets Prada and the kids get Payless.

From that point of view, I *do* see where this comes from. The courts are very for-women in the family parts. Women have nothing to lose by getting married (financially). Men have much to lose.

Again, please keep in mind that there are exceptions to the rule, all of the time.

I can speak from my divorce. If there were children, my life would be a nightmare. I was married to a women that exactly opposite of what I believed she was. Had there been children, I would have to deal with that for many years to come.

Just my thoughts.

Pete