Hello Dom.
Yes, all good, valid points.
But, NO - I am not trying to understand -- I DO UNDERSTAND.
I've been down that road - the women I referred to in my reply to @Victoria Corindi's article, these were/are women I trusted explicitly and women who trusted me to the same degree.
For decades, I've been open-minded and willing to listen as well as being one of the ones to cut through (whenever and wherever I can) ALL THE DISCRIMINATION GARBAGE I've seen for all these years…!!!!!!
Discrimination because of:
* age
* race
* gender
* sexual preference and
* SEXISM
NONE of those have a place in our world today or ever at any time.
What women have to endure is the crappiest garbage I can stand. And I have endured it since Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem grabbed the spotlight / torch in their times. These two women were and are icons and it is sad that more men did not pay attention or give them an ear (to listen to them) over the decades since 1963 (Betty).
Long comment reply.... the remainder is in the article I made for the rest.