Thank you for the detailed response, really appreciate it and it makes a lot of sense to me.
I think you and I are on the same page regards loving the pulp and wanting more depth socially.
Would love to know the name of the anthology as I will probably already have it and if I don't I should get it.
In recent years, I've made a point of collecting anthologies of classic sci-fi.
The fact that it's still intact after 10 years is a good sign.
I should check how many of the stories I already have via other publications.
ISFDB is my friend for that sort of query (edited to link directly to paperback edition with list of stories therein):
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?323978
Partially inspired by our conversation, I have just purchased online a copy of Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology.