In some ways it but have been worse then, but in some ways it was better? Today a lot more crassness and rudeness can be directed at women, and it’s seen as okay.
Yes; it’s a mix. I turned 20 in the ‘60s and women were ladies and most of them were treated like ladies. Women’s Lib has made it OK to be crass and rude to ladies now, and nobody gives it a second thought. Not even the women, sadly. And the young people now are slovenly pigs.