Was absolutism a period of prosperity or tyranny in europe during the 16th and 17th centuries?

For sure a period of Tyranny.

The name is Absolutism because it is the political doctrine, and practice, of an absolute centralized power, generally in the hands of a Monarch or Dictator.

Kings in Old Europe had absolute power and therefore, they were tyrannic.

equal pay act of 1963. the equal pay act, signed in to law by president john f. kennedy on june 10, 1963, was one of the first federal anti-discrimination laws that addressed wage differences based on gender. they felt that this would prevent employers from undercutting future wages for men.