Oh, yes, no doubt. The backlash I can't speak to so much, but there's another parallel in history - in WWI Britain, women were encouraged to hand white feathers to apparently-able men who had not enlisted as a way of publicly shaming them. This was, of course, a delightful experience for formers soldiers who had been declared unfit for duty due to shellshock and a host of other things.

In conclusion, some things never change. Which is, in its way, something else that should be remembered today. We can't ever change it if we let it be forgotten.