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Gum
Mar 9, 2008

oho, a rapist
time to try this puppy out

TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:

This article pegs storfront at 30% female, for what that's worth.

so heavily male-dominated?

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Gum
Mar 9, 2008

oho, a rapist
time to try this puppy out

Narciss posted:

That has happened in all cultures since the beginning of time.

Not even close

e: If anything "The Inevitable March of Progress" has historically been a much more common narrative in Western society

e2: There's also a very good reason why the 1950s is often citied as the decade when everything was better

Gum fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Jul 21, 2015

Gum
Mar 9, 2008

oho, a rapist
time to try this puppy out

Race Realists posted:

Ok, what's the reason? Forgive if I'm coming off as a smartass as that's not my intent. I'm curious how.

Basically what other people said, it's seen as the decade before hippies, feminists and the civil rights movement ruined everything. It's not just "That past is better" it's specifically "It was better when 'we' were winning".

Gum
Mar 9, 2008

oho, a rapist
time to try this puppy out
I've never heard gilded age used for anything except late 19th century America

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