No it didn't. It sold them the truth that having financial security of your own would save you from being stuck with an abusive spouse.

And that's still true.

It sold you that if you're not the type to find a domestic life fulfilling and mkre to find it a sad life of domestic drudgery, then you have options. You're not bound to a life of domestic drudgery.

And that's still true. Not in all cultures and countries, but in ones where women have gained financial liberation. You have a choice now you didn't have before.