One of those things. Progress must be built from the ground-up, otherwise it can be reversed from the top-down. Like how after WW2 many of these pilots were shuttered out of the aviation industry entirely and expected to become good Soviet wives and mothers.
The Soviets were nominally for gender equality, and that was commendable - but practically, they would simply ‘activate’ it when needed, and ignore it at all other points - which is… more like other contemporary states of the period.
One of those things. Progress must be built from the ground-up, otherwise it can be reversed from the top-down. Like how after WW2 many of these pilots were shuttered out of the aviation industry entirely and expected to become good Soviet wives and mothers.
The Soviets were nominally for gender equality, and that was commendable - but practically, they would simply ‘activate’ it when needed, and ignore it at all other points - which is… more like other contemporary states of the period.