Elaine Gilmartin
1 min readJan 4, 2025

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The basic premise of feminism asserts equality of the sexes. That graph is misleading because the decades long backlash to feminism, spearheaded by individuals such as Phyllis Schlafly, during the 70’s and Rush Limbaugh coining the term femi-nazis in the 90’s made it polarizing deliberately so people wouldn’t want to be associated with it.The perception there is a mob of toxic feminists ready to burn down society is a social media convention. Most women are far too busy juggling work paid and unpaid, education, elder care, etc to spend much time attacking men online. Also the family court system is evolving to reflect changes to the wage gap and let’s also face the reality a lot of men get away without paying child support. WTF is not representative of most women and is never a justification for men to vote against women’s rights and access to healthcare. And you know how I raised my son? Just like his sisters. Respect the humanity off all individuals and invest positively in yourself as well as others and you will never have to wallow in self-pity.

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Elaine Gilmartin
Elaine Gilmartin

Written by Elaine Gilmartin

A therapist by profession, a runner by passion, a writer by necessity.

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