> It was desirable economically to the upper classes. It was, obviously, bad for workers (two-income trap). Long term yes. But did women enter the workforce be

> It was desirable economically to the upper classes. It was, obviously, bad for workers (two-income trap). Long term yes. But did women enter the workforce because of the economic benefit originally? Then as women continued entering wages fell (supply and demand) and the working class ended up trapped, as you say. Another huge factor is globalization. Women maybe had to enter to earn enough when work started being outsourced.