I'm not so sure that it's primarily a class thing, I think its more generational. I was still in factories when the shift happened around -98. A bunch of mean o

I'm not so sure that it's primarily a class thing, I think its more generational. I was still in factories when the shift happened around -98. A bunch of mean old assholes retired and the gen-X people started to get influential in management and more assertive as workers. Very expensive project management roles started to be occupied by women and the company maybe thought they couldn't afford to lose them over some sexist bullshit. Asshole behaviour simply wasn't tolerated anymore, on any level. I have no illusion that people stopped being assholes in -98 but that kind of behaviour was kept to smaller social circles (or anonymus) for a while.