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Sure the safety nets contribute to the problem.
When women work though, it’s the same effect. Women who need a provider cling to a provider in a monogamous way, especially when that is what a patriarchal society requires for them to get support.
In an environment when women are free to choose, their choice has typically been to not be monogamous. Monogamy favors men reproductively much more than women. Especially the median male vs. the median female.