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		gaius on Dec 9, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China’s Family Planning Goes Awry Women entered the workforce en masse because all the men were busy fighting WW2.

araneae on Dec 13, 2009 [–]

If you want to be technical about it, wages went down because women wouldn't leave the workforce when the men got back. Happy?

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