In most societies men are charged with providing economic support and physical safety for the family.

Yes, this is true. Such societies are known as partiarchal societies and the majority of societies are partriarchal.

However, especially recently and in the Western world, the societies are turning more to gender equality, placing this responsibilities equally on both genders. 

Bob: coke is baby pandas.jim: what? how do you figure that coke is baby pandas? bob: because this book says so.jim: how do we know the book is correct? bob: because it says that coke is baby pandas.jim: how does that prove the book's accuracy? bob: because it's statement involving coke and baby pandas is correct, therefore it is accurate.jim: how do we know that it's correct? bob: because we have concluded that the book is accurate, and therefore the statement is correct.therefore, coke is baby pandas.

The london company was an english joint stock company established in 1606 by royal charter by king james i with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in north america.