Women are having better chances now than before and more women don't find it anymore shameful to be out in the open, telling people what is happening with their lives, before it was thought to be shameful and degrading especially for the woman since she is the one suppose to be keeping the home.
Yes, you are right Gypsy,a lot of what;s happening now have also been happening in the past times, it was not just commonly reported back then. But now, women are more liberal in thinking and chooses to face whatever society labels them, i prefer that. than be out in the dark and wondering all my life what better or worse things could have happened if i did something and faced my fears of being ridiculed. I think it's not like women act that manly or don't care that much anymore, we do. we want the same things like before. we may enjoy booty calls but we desire for more than that, deep inside all of us. we keep careers to be respected because of all these labeling they give us when we just stay home and earn nothing, but we want to be mothers and wives, keeping the homes alive. well, personally, i do.
I believe not much has changed, we are still the women of before, needing intimacy and care. Maybe sometimes we just mask it with masculinity so as we don't hurt that much when this society tries to take us out in the open making us helpless and vulnerable and then judging us... what can we do, we fight back.

"Give your hands to serve, and your hearts to love"