Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 116:9

ופליגא דריש לקיש דאמר ריש לקיש לא תימא טעמא דרבי מאיר משום דקסבר אדם מקדיש דבר שלא בא לעולם אלא טעמא דרבי מאיר מתוך שיכול לכופה למעשה ידיה נעשה כאומר לה יקדשו ידיך לעושיהם

This [R. Huna’s ruling] disagrees with that of Resh Lakish. For Resh Lakish stated: You should not say that R. Meir’s reason is because he is of the opinion that a man may consecrate that which has not yet come into existence. Rather, this is R. Meir’s reason: Since [a husband] has the right to compel her to work, it is as if he said to her “May your hands be consecrated to He who created them.”

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