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.
I don't think women fighting for their rights constitutes a "backlash" against men. To me, a backlash against men would have to be something directed at men, not something women are doing for themselves. Also, many men are fighting against oppression and mistreatment of women, and I don't really think they're participating in a backlash against themselves.
They are leaving abusive husbands.
To me, this has nothing to do with any kind of "backlash," because they're individual decisions. Most men do no abuse their wives, and cultures wherein violence against women is more accepted, women themselves tend to support and justify it.
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.
While to me, this is not a backlash, I can see how one could argue it was. However, this kind of thing doesn't make the slightest impact on men, and women who lump all men together as egotists and oppressors are fools. Being whiny, bitter and shrill isn't likely to foster equality- on the contrary. Women who behave this way are more likely to be dismissed as misandrists, and in my opinion, they should be.
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I don't think women fighting for their rights constitutes a "backlash" against men. To me, a backlash against men would have to be something directed at men, not something women are doing for themselves. Also, many men are fighting against oppression and mistreatment of women, and I don't really think they're participating in a backlash against themselves.
They are leaving abusive husbands.
To me, this has nothing to do with any kind of "backlash," because they're individual decisions. Most men do no abuse their wives, and cultures wherein violence against women is more accepted, women themselves tend to support and justify it.
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.
While to me, this is not a backlash, I can see how one could argue it was. However, this kind of thing doesn't make the slightest impact on men, and women who lump all men together as egotists and oppressors are fools. Being whiny, bitter and shrill isn't likely to foster equality- on the contrary. Women who behave this way are more likely to be dismissed as misandrists, and in my opinion, they should be.