They should get equal privileges whether they earn more or not. This is not about what a man can do, a woman can do better or men are stronger than women argument, this is simply pay equal wages for labour; simple.
I think it is so because in other professions, the woman gets the same treatment. She is paid less whether she brings more to the table or not. I think this stems from the idea that woman who work for a living do not actually need to work but rather can be catered for by men, their husbands, fathers, brothers and son.
When the system recognizes that some of these women are breadwinners to large families, when they begin to realise that some of these women have contributed more than any two men to the profession, when they realise that women deserve equal pay and respect as much as men, then they will do what is right.
In another vein, since we are talking about the way gender ineqaulity is been perpetrated in sports, why not go further and start calling the men only competition properly. the world cup should be FIFA men's world cup. Saying world cup when it is men and saying women's world cup when it is women, gives the impression that the women's world cup is a side show not the main event.
I have blabbed a lot. let me leave