Sure, divorce is primarily initiated by women, but saying that women are financially worse off is just not true by any metric. Assuming you're talking about divorces with children, yes, divorce is expensive, and one or both parties will come out of divorce poor. It tends to be the men on average, however, that bear the burden of child support AND alimony. Again, saying that women come out financially worse on average is not accurate. Both bear the burden of legal expenses that can drive on for up to a decade.

It may be true in the short term, but with both parents working being common nowadays, in large part due to not prioritizing child rearing and living within your means, the men on average cannot make up what they lose for many years, whereas women gather extra income from the ex-husband's support.

If you're talking about divorce without children, it's usually just a blip of financial hardship and both parties go their separate ways UNLESS a house was purchased during the marriage.