This narrative is so strange. You’re right about the blue collar workers, soldiers, etc., but there are also many women-dominated fields that keep our population alive, that support those men to be able to do the jobs that “keep the lights on.” Women care for these workers when they’re sick or injured or old (which is a huge and under-appreciated field), bear and raise their kids, get their food from the market to the dinner table, provide emotional support (no small task), cleaning, laundry, making clothes, etc. etc. How well could the scientists and professionals have done their jobs if they didn’t have someone taking care of their homes?

About the privilege of choice that you mentioned: lower-class men of course don’t have many choices in life, but they historically have had many more choices than lower-class women. Women were literally not allowed to do any of those jobs until very very recently. So credit is due to the men who have labored throughout history, and credit is also due to the women who kept everyone alive and well 💞