> Scary laws favorable to women ensure men wouldn't dare to look at women for more than 2 seconds, leave alone starting up conversation.
I’m sure it’s the scary laws that stop you from talking to women.
It's the risk. Marriage is a risk, having children is risk, all commitments are risk. Any deviations, randomness and failures are prohibitively dangerous. Where does this risk come from? mostly from laws.
Do autocrats not want efficient workers for some reason?
Autocrats are not crazy about votes and economy progress. Infact they are more community-minded than the votes-bank leaders who always worry about next elections, coalitions and political survival. Look at the churn of leaders in Europe.