LOL although I do understand mpduration's point, I think he's saying it more to be tart than to foster discussion.

I do see some women thinking of themselves as nothing but pussy-for-hire, and not as prostitutes. They are looking for a rich husband, they are withholding access to sexuality until (and sometimes long after) they receive lifetime commitments for economic support, and they are really offended if you say they're "prostitutes". LOL

I also see some women with VERY LITTLE worth selling, who are nevertheless still wives.

So, to answer the spirit of the question (although I do enjoy the aside provided by mpduration), I'd say, men would be broke, money would all but disappear, and "sensitivity" and the ability to extemporize romantic poetry would become much more highly valued commodities than they are today.

Kinda like in Eighteenth-century England ...

If being a wife means being a fulltime provider, whoever established that equivalency must have forgotten to get the word to MY WIFE!

Remember the riddle - what's the one food that stops a woman from ever wanting sex again?  - answer, wedding cake - that's certainly what happened in my marriage, although it took about ten years to take effect.

I have always thought the only honest women were providers lets face it know matter who it is you have to do something to get sex from a woman even if she allready gets 1/2 of everything you have it's do more housework, be more romantic earn more money, spend more time with me etc all men have to pay one way or another every time maby one way and anouther that is a mans world.