The Central Argument Of The Backlash -

A Backlash Against Women's Rights Is Nothing New. Indeed It's A Recurring Phenomenon: It Returns Every Time Women Begin To Make Some Headway Towards Equality, A Seemingly Inevitable Early Frost To The Brief Flowerings Of Feminism.

All Of Women's Aspirations--whether For Education, Work, Or Any Form Of Self-determination--ultimately Rest On Their Ability To Decide Whether And When To Bear Children. For This Reason, Reproductive Freedom Has Always Been The Most Popular Item In Each Of The Successive Feminist Agendas--and The Most Heavily Assaulted Target Of Each Backlash.

A Lot Of People Seem To Want To Make The Institution Of Marriage Substitute For A Real Relationship.

Trump's "make America Great Again" Program Trumpets A National Identity Built On Scapegoating, Self-pity And Grandiosity, And The Promise Of A Strongman.

Gender Is Really Varied And Complicated And Sort Of Infinitely Individualistic.