Reply To: Women Shouldn’t Be Expected To Work

Gadol: You consider yourself a greater expert in Shalom Bayis than the Rambam to the point you’re calling out the Rambam’s “mistake”?

Shulchan Aruch was written concisely and with the intention to be taken in literal form. Furthermore, as a general point (not necessarily/specifically being made for this topic), when there’s a conflict between Halacha and secular law, Yidden are obligated to give precedence to Halacha between the two.

But most important to how you presented your comment is that there’s every reason to give the benefit in assuming every Jewish woman would voluntarily and very happily adhere to Halacha, rather than your implied assumption that it would be necessary for anyone to enforce it upon her.