It is true that the labour market opened up to women as a result of the war - women were needed to do the jobs that men left vacant when they went off to war.  And you can't really go back after such a big social change as that can you?  Women were proving that they could work just as men did, that they could have a greater role in wider society than just looking after the house.

The being pushed bit was the fact that women were working and thus in the public sphere/world of work, gender roles were shifting.  But there was no comparable shift in gender roles in the home.  Women were working more and still doing all the household chores and looking after the children as they did before, and men were still doing what men always did which didn't generally include housekeeping.  

So assuming that this change of women in the labour market is irreversible (for reasons of economy and choice) the gender equality bit comes in in paying women fairly and encouraging fairer sharing of roles in the home.

ValentinD:

does this remind you of anyone in particular, btw?

Are you referring to me?  I have guts and an iron will to push myself forward and I'm glad I can be a role model but as I've got older I have realised that I have been so very lucky to land in the right places at the right times.  My life could so easily be very different through no fault of my own.  Just thinking 'I can do it' and working towards that goal isn't enough.  Trying to just take opportunities doesn't work, you need to be given them sometimes.  You have to hope that somebody will give you an opportunity that you should just be able to take, like anyone else would, but you can't because of discrimination.

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