The public space was protected to keep it simple and nice, the toughness was when men were at work, our businessmen ate the lunch of their competitors in other countries, our soldiers and sailors, generals and admirals saw their mission and focus as defeating our enemies in war, our cops treated women and children nicely and carried clubs for the troublesome/threatening men, our workmen took pride in their work and the things they built, everyone was aware of the community they were selling to or working in, aware of the women and the children and the family homes that they served no matter what field they worked in.
The virtues were promoted and taught and the vices of pride and egoism, vanity, greed, exploitation and instant gratification taught against and condemned, so much has been totally reversed, there was for almost everyone the sense that a greater power saw what we do and even the few sociopaths had to adapt to that culture and conduct their business in that greater atmosphere and having to hear the checks and admonitions and cautions of the others in the room, even in the boardrooms, there were limits and barriers protecting the public space where the kids and families, churches and moms, daughters and dads existed.
before women ran everything?