prices cannot be compared because the currency switched from real to fiat in 1971 (gold convertibility cancelled). feminist 'working woman' doubled the workforce. the effect of increasing the workforce, through feminism or through global free trade, are to diminish the purchasing power of labor. at the peak of ww2 mobilization labor participation rates were significantly lower. 150 years ago, almost no women ever needed work outside the household. meanwhile male laborforce participation rates were and still are 90%. for men nothing has changed. for women, they too are now wage slaves instead of wives and mothers. that is the feminism change.
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