Needless to say, spending and income are two different things. This is very easy to see if, for example, one spouse loses their job and the other continues to do exactly the same housework and child rearing -- but now can spend much less.

> but now can spend much less.

... or more (for the same amount of homework), if her spouse started earning more.

Yes, women control most of the discretionary spending in the Philippines as well.

Cite? I'd be very interested to read your sources.

Google for 'women control majority spending'. I'm not being snide- it is important to see how widely covered this is. You will find dozens of legitimate articles and papers discussing it. It isn't a controversial fact at all.

Marriage is a conteact, and usually entitles you to 50% equity.

Did you forget the /sarcasm tag, because history shows otherwise.

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you forgot that intent doesn't convey well through forum posts.