It's not quite the same thing though, is it? You can walk away from one employer and go to another as long as you have employ-able skills. It's much harder to walk away from a marriage that is not working out for one and if some financial independence makes it easier to, then so be it!
I'm not arguing against choice, I'm arguing that despite downsides there are merits to having a homemaker and viewing the household as a team rather than a collection of individuals.
Perhaps the more equitable route is a household where both work fewer hours so both can be breadwinner and homemaker.
There’s the concept of ensuring a family wage, rather than an individual’s own living wage.