Answer:
1. Property rights 2. Supply and demand 3. Women's protections 4. Better marriage
Explanation:
1. Modern day, "Gold diggers" are usually referred to as women wanting to marry a man for his possessions and/or power. But back in the 18th century it would be the other way around where men would possess everything a woman would once they were married. The only way how this would live on into modern day is women adopting the name of there husband.
2. For most of humanity ever since 1.3 million years ago, the women take care of the children while the men provide for them. These behaviors have existed for as long as we have. So when women stay at home, they don't bring anything to the table except raising children. So when men go out there is less competition for resources (because the women are busy at home). The same rule applies in society the less people working, the more opportunities available.
3. Homes can provide a shelter both emotional and physical when stationary. In fact you are both protected in every kind of way, like murders, rapes, car crashes, earthquakes, drowning (unless you have a pool at home), obtaining deadly pathogens, sunburns, and many other threats. All of these examples are very different from each other but still can be prevented from staying inside. Most women, wouldn't want be be in this situation but in total was more beneficial for them.
4. Women owning nothing in a marriage keeps a stronger bond between the two knowing that separation would leave the women empty handed. Ill put it another way, what has a stronger bond between boyfriend and girlfriend? A husband and wife of course, but what has a stronger bond that that? The woman's possessions claimed by the man. And to top it off, marriage was illegal unless domestic violence was present.
