> Painting men as super villains in some grand 'Dan Brown'ian plot of conspiracy against women will NOT work. Nobody believes this! There's no conspiracy at wo

> Painting men as super villains in some grand 'Dan Brown'ian plot of conspiracy against women will NOT work. Nobody believes this! There's no conspiracy at work. But there is is a long history of gender-based discrimination, and cultural practices that still reinforce suffocating gender roles today. The ideas you complain about - "men are expected to be taking care of women, women should be trading up etc." - are part of that.