Let me stop you there. You talked about women being independent of men. That is exactly what is behind my question.
Does our system really allow men and women to be equal? In the great majority of cases, the man has a higher income. Deductions usually go to the higher income in a family when they could go to the lower income, the woman's. So the woman often loses deductions. She does not benefit from them herself. Contrary to what you are saying, it is not clear that the present system encourages men and women to be independent.