brarider: As women grew and men shrank following the arrival of the pathogen, very quickly men becam
brarider: As women grew and men shrank following the arrival of the pathogen, very quickly men became unable to fulfill their roles in the work force, particularly because only a small percentage of men over 25 years old survived the full effects of the shrinking. This left the world in a precarious situation as the majority of jobs, once held by men were vacant. Without consistency in supply chains of any industry, the rapidly adjusting needs of women struggled to be met. Many American women began having to create their own makeshift clothing out of whatever they had available such as bed sheets, table cloths, and curtains or merely stretch and repurpose the clothing they already had (men on the other hand had to resort to nudity). This created a pretty interesting time where clothing became skimpier and more revealing than ever before making the newly enlarged, busty women of the world look downright Amazonian. The new Matriarchal States of America (MSA), was swift to mitigate these issues, creating aid programs, allocating resources, providing job training, and putting up enormous amounts of capital to get the country and world back on track. While debt rose dramatically, the actions implemented by the MSA prevented outright chaos and instead implemented a more functional and productive social order than ever before. -- source link