More and more women are fighting back against men's oppression. They are getting educated, sometimes in secret and against their fathers' and husbands' edicts. They are leaving abusive husbands. Some women are choosing lives where men are dealt with only as necessary, but are not part of the woman's inner circle of friends, and some of them are clear they are making that choice because of the male ego and men's oppression of women. These actions are a direct response to (backlash against) male oppression.