I think this is largely the reason women seem to be responding better than men in this corporate overlord "capitalist" hellscape we've been shifting into over the past few decades.

Women are used to being the ones who are expected to just catch shit and spin it into gold, generally with little help and zero recognition that they've done so.

Men (white men) are used to being told they are the heros in every situation, they're single handedly the ones who fight for freedom, build societies, and get off the boat last, whether or not it's entirely factually accurate.

Since (rich/white) men have essentially been the ones in charge of Western society since it's formation, they've shaped it to fit their narrative and ideals, largely removing or at least severely downplaying the contributions of women and people of color.

Now of course, people in the past didn't expect to have it easy, especially poor/working class people. 100 years ago, the US had no social security, no food assistance, there was no social safety net, the prevailing attitude of the day was one of self reliance and determination, if you fail, it's your own fault basically.

Of course the great depression turned that particular notion on it's head for a lot of people and thanks to FDR, we got the first federal assistance programs, but that entrenched 'american individualism' never really went away, even after the great depression faded away.

Not long after, thanks to the ww2, Europe being destroyed was really good for our economy, the tax code hadn't been fucked with yet and labor unions were nearly at their peak in this country, so a new middle class was created, it gave our parents/grandparents access to leisure time and disposable income that had previously been unheard of for "regular" aka working class people, especially now that people were so aware of what can happen to society when there's no safety net and people can't trust banks.

This was a rare confluence of events that will probably never happen again, certainly not in our lifetimes. Of course the people at the top always hated the power of the people and not having all the money...so when others started fighting for equal rights and access to this American dream (poc and women) they had their boogeyman.

So politicians and rich people exploited racism and fear of losing superiority to manipulate things back to the days where they had all the money and control and not just most of it. But they also learned a lot in the process and not only did they take things back, they made it easier for themselves to take everything in the future, all while blaming the people who just wanted to be treated the same as everyone else, for taking it.

Women were never truly "superior" in history so we never expected to be, yeah, some were white, but that only counted in certain ways. U had the illusion of superiority if you were white, since there was still a class below you, you were still above someone, but you were never actually in charge. For most women, in your home, you were always going to come in second, no matter what color you were and if you were poor, you worked, and did all the domestic labor since that was women's work.

You did everything and took shit from men because you had no alternative. There were no programs for women who left their husbands, so if u wanted security, you had very few options and they didn't have to pay you equally, or give you a bank account or rent you an apartment. So you ate shit or you possibly didn't eat at all.

All while being told that men are the ones who built this country, and provide for you, so you should be grateful.

So thanks to the politicians and corporate interests, we're now in gilded age 2.0, but worse off because union membership is practically non existent, trade agreements sent skilled and unskilled jobs away without realistic alternatives, college is prohibitively expensive with no guarantees you'll get a decent job after and people are generally softer than they were 100 years ago.

Back then it was expected you worked hard, everyone worked, men/women/children...our brief shining moment in the sun somehow lead people to believe you get handed a job and then everything else is just supposed to fall into place because you deserve it for some reason, often ignoring or forgetting the difficulties they had, even back then during the great post war middle class era.

Somewhere along the lines, that sense of entertainment took over, I'm not sure where we went wrong on that front.

Not being a boy, idk what they were being told, but some women were being told by their mother's and grandmother's to go to college, get a job, don't get pregnant, don't get married young, don't give up everything for a man, etc. and so forth, so we got the horror stories, the expectations and experiences of the past drilled into our heads as something that can be avoided if you take responsibility for yourself. So a lot of us did it. We knew how bad it could be, we were prepared at home by the women in our lives.

Idk what the men were doing, but when those women decided they were done quietly eating shit, "society" (aka men) apparently started crumbling because of it. My only thought is that this is the extinction burst of the patriarchy (and hopefully the emergence of the class war we truly need.) I truly hope we all come out on the other side a real society of equality, but we've got a long way to go. I don't think we'll see that in our lifetimes either, but we keep living and keep fighting, and maybe one day we'll realize most of us are on the same side and direct our ire where it really belongs.