Why not?

If someone wants to work, they should - full stop. It can be what keeps one's mind active, alive and working, and can be excellent for one's self esteem.

My dad retired early, but has kept himself very active in his retirement. My mother quit work when she had me, and always felt she could never go back into the workplace because she didn't have current skills - yet she wanted to do something. My father insisted she quit work when I came along, the worst thing he ever could have done, but hey, it was the 60s. My mother died at age 56, and I am convinced for many reasons that at least part of her illness was because she did not work since she was 28.

Men think they're doing women a favor by forbidding them to work. Not always. Quite often it is an immense disservice.