That's because there was an imbalance of economic power between men and women.
Well, yeah. Women hold some economic power and men hold responsibility for the consequences of the power that women wield. Men also hold some economic power and also hold the responsibility for the consequences for how they wield it.
Kind of like a lot of other forms of power.
No, historically that was enough disincentive to prompt society to stigmatize it.
There used to be. I wonder who ended that?
Well, yeah. Women hold some economic power and men hold responsibility for the consequences of the power that women wield. Men also hold some economic power and also hold the responsibility for the consequences for how they wield it. Kind of like a lot of other forms of power.