"Culture and tradition is one thing....marriage is another." Wide generalisation which may be true in your culture but certainly not mine. Women were not considered weak and dependent on men for their general livelihood and we certainly are not today. And culture, atleast mine, tends to evolve with time, so what may have been considered offensive to women in the age of my great-grandmother is not culturally accepted today except by die-hard fanatics who are shunned by the general society. I love the responsibilities that culture and tradition place in my life, and I know my generation and generations to follow will continue to shape it. No offence, but the marriage you seem to describe (seperate bank accounts, fund for the kids, only my parents and siblings will get unconditional love) it sounds pretty cold. And that's certainly not the kind of marriage I would like to have.