Because no one is happy being abused. Women being dependent on men increases the incidence, severity, and length of abuse.

Youre making a false equivalency.

You can date more purposefully and prudently with the intention to marry without making yourself dependent upon men.

You can also date for fun or to build social dating skills (it IS a perishable skillset after all) or just to be social while knowing that you not ready to select a permanent mate.

Men have been doing this all along. Men are the ones who have been insisting for generations that live and sex are not the same thing. And that a date is not a commitment. And that dating and marriage are completely seoarate animals and should be regarded as such.

Well. You won that argument. It took literal generations, but you men won the argumnt.

Congratulations. Enjoy your prize.