No, men are not more likely to pay spousal support than women. The courts
do not look at gender when
assessing spousal support. What they do look at is how one spouse helped the other reach gainful
employment, and what may be necessary to make another spouse self-supporting.
Due to trends of the past, there is still a myth that the courts will
be quicker to award spousal support to wives than to husbands. But, as
a growing number of women continually earn gainful employment and more
fathers are awarded primary custody of their children, the courts have
kept up with these trends.