

This post from 1853 shows that Married men were preferred as workers. This means single men were discriminated against basically.

Families have always been used as hostages against men. Companies preferred men trapped in rigid provider gender roles, as they had less freedom to fight for better working conditions.

The Masculine gender role of being a provider has always been a burden to men. It is nothing more than slavery.

Men had a choice in the past, either conform to provider gender norms based on the protestant work ethic, and be burdened down as a slave, or reject them, and be discriminated against by society.

This is a choice women never had to face.