Study finds the driving force for 'protective' labor laws from the early 1900s--max hrs restrictions, min wage & nightshift bans--was men’s desire to be protected from labor market-competition, rather than to protect working women from harm.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/05/study-shows-men-benefited-most-from-protective-labor-laws-for-women/
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