I don't like any type of polarization that becomes extreme, turns to hate and ends up in pitchfork mentalities.
That being said, the last decade has been concerning to say the least on both sides. The nuances are gone. Watching and reading women unable to differentiate between the men who harm and those who do the opposite.
I am avoiding key words so readers will have to infer what I'm writing about.
Spouse is involved with the rights of women and what I can share is what she gives me permission to. One of the things spouse is particularly angry about is that the movement isn't getting anywhere. Women who rise emulate male behavior instead of insisting to be allowed the choice of how feminine and nurturing they want to remain. (Greer recently mentioned something similar). In the Stem sector the women who make it receive little help or mentorship from the women who made it before them.
A perfect example was Serenas win while preggers. Feminist called her "badass". Of course it was an incredible feat, but feminists had no regard or understanding that such extreme exertion might be dangerous. They had already moved on when Serena almost lost her child and her life as a result.
The recent win of Alysa liu also went a little unnoticed, but gives me hope for the future. As she disclosed in the 60 minute interview; at the ripe old age of 16 she quits, goes to college, comes back on her own terms; no more radar gun for speed by her traditional father, no more dieting and she manages her practice. Her father accepted. A healthy looking athlete wins.
My training as a Varsity athlete was mixed gender (we only split at competition). A very progressive great coach addressed us one morning. He made it clear that anyone who didn't eat breakfast before morning training would be off the team.
Woman have allowed and participated in being reduced to their repro organs during demonstrations, when in fact their entire physiology is different. Unless female scientists represent half the population that research will not be done. Very few talk about that while women do better in STem initially, they leave later on. But I did not see a single sign during those demos representing half the population demanding that half the specialist physicians or scientists should be female. They need to be.
When I correct or mention scientists/science there is no interest (that's fine) but do self proclaimed feminist even know who Ilaria Capua (and what was done to her) is? Are the incredible accomplishments of women celebrated by women? Promoted?
IRL a woman asked me to explain psychopaths and sociopaths to her. Then she asked if it was mostly men. According to the irrefutable statistics, yes, I replied. Then why do women do it? Her question made me think. Why indeed? Is it socialization that turns some women into mean girls rather than wing men for eachother the way males do?
Of course I've encountered it in blogs as well, it's disappointing. Conversations that harp on about the misogyny of all men, tearing the normal ones down as well. Going back to precisely what we should be moving away from.
I've seen sudden criticism of Einstein for a few years. I even corrected a comment about facts (despite his century, he promoted women and was a humanist). I ended up with pseudofeminist backlash, from someone who didn't know what she was talking about. Apparently, Maria Popova noticed the same online and she posted this today:
https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/02/28/einstein-curie-letter/
"Don't heed the haters: Albert Einsteins wonderful letter of support to Marie Curie in the midst of Scandal".
I'm in good company.
Someone else who was an exceptional husband, father and genius was Darwin. (who among many other things custombuilt a stair slide so he could hear his children laugh while working) The preeminent Darwin scholar is a female Harvard historian Janet Browne.
Food for thought.
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