Around 1900, European countries began to offer global and nationwide benefits to the working class, which was made up of men. They offered worker benefits to incentivize citizens to join the workforce, which would give a big boost to the country's economy. However, America began to offer benefits to veterans and women, so much so that women received more benefits than men. This phenomenon directly contradicts an important statement made by the SCT. SCT argues that dependents (such as women at the time) receive more rhetorical than actual benefits, while the advantaged (such as working men) are the group most benefited by the policy. Women were dependent because they were frowned upon, but they had no political power because they could not vote. If this were true, it would be impossible for women to receive more benefits than men at this time. Skocpol's article also discusses the feedback effects of