My rebuttal is as follows: Enjoy! It's immensely entertaining!

"Say thank you. Say thank you to the women who gave you a voice. Say thank you to the women who were arrested and imprisoned and beaten and gassed for you to have a voice. Say thank you to the women who refused to back down, to the women who fought tirelessly to give you a voice. Say thank you to the women who put their lives on hold, who –lucky for you — did not have “better things to do” than to march and protest and rally for your voice. So you don’t feel like a “second class citizen.” So you get to feel “equal.”

Ok, I'm a man so uh sure I'll play "Thank you"

"Thank Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul for your right to vote."

Well they certainly helped, but the men in congress had to vote on it. Sorry, it's true though.

"Thank Elizabeth Stanton for your right to work."

Oh yea, women never worked before that..... Jee thanks Elizabeth. Are you freaking serious?

"Thank Maud Wood Park for your prenatal care and your identity outside of your husband."

Ok, yes, without her we'd never know women were actually people, not pets owned by their husbands..

"Thank Rose Schneiderman for your humane working conditions."

Ok sure, but some coal miners in the south who literally fought a war over working conditions might disagree a little, uh yea just a little.

"Thank Eleanor Roosevelt and Molly Dewson for your ability to work in politics and affect policy."

So true, there were no Queens prior to those 2. Wait what?

"Thank Margaret Sanger for your legal birth control."

Hey thank Gregory Pincus for inventing it in the 1st place, oh wait don't do that, he's a man.

"Thank Carol Downer for your reproductive healthcare rights."

I'm sorry what? Healthcare isn't a "right" You need to look at the bill of rights again, that shit aint in there.

"Thank Sarah Muller for your equal education."

Sorry I have no idea who the hell that is, but Laura Ingalls was a damn teacher, so how far back are we going here?

"Thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Shannon Turner, Gloria Steinem, Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, Malika Saada Saar, Wagatwe Wanjuki, Ida B. Wells, Malala Yousafzai. Thank your mother, your grandmother, your great-grandmother who did not have half of the rights you have now.
You can make your own choices, speak and be heard, vote, work, control your body, defend yourself, defend your family, because of the women who marched. You did nothing to earn those rights. You were born into those rights. You did nothing, but you reap the benefits of women, strong women, women who fought misogyny and pushed through patriarchy and fought for you. And you sit on your pedestal, a pedestal you are fortunate enough to have, and type. A keyboard warrior. A fighter for complacency. An acceptor of what you were given. A denier of facts. Wrapped up in your delusion of equality."

What the hell? Can't think of a single thing that my Mom or even my Grandmother couldn't do that a man could? Can you site something here? Reference? Confusing to say the least.

"You are not equal. Even if you feel like you are. You still make less than a man for doing the same work. You make less as a CEO, as an athlete, as an actress, as a doctor. You make less in government, in the tech industry, in healthcare."

Well my wife makes a hell of a lot more than I do and I'm damn sure her job is easier and less stressful than mine. So I just proved you quantifiably incorrect. (This is why it's important to include references and facts and such)

"You still don’t have full rights over your own body. Men are still debating over your uterus. Over your prenatal care. Over your choices."

They are? You sure about that? Pretty sure you can do whatever you want with your uterus, I know I don't give a shit. Just an FYI though if you have an unborn child in there you might wanna care a little about that child. Just a thought. I know I do, and I think you might be borderline fucking psycho if you don't.

"You still have to pay taxes for your basic sanitary needs."

So if you're a woman you shouldn't have to pay taxes for your basic sanitary needs? WTF? Well there's more incentive for a sex change I guess, save on sales taxes.... WTF? I thought that was something called "responsibility" and it sucks, happened as soon as I reached some horrible shit called "adulthood".

"You still have to carry mace when walking alone at night."

You do? What happens when you don't carry mace? Do you only have to carry that at night? I'd personally carry a taser and get trained like Rhonda fuckin Rhousey, I wouldn't even ask her if she carries mace at night. Oh and you could carry a gun, that might be even more effective.

"You still have to prove to the court why you were drunk on the night you were raped."

Holy hell, how do you do that? People can have a legal excuse for being drunk? How the hell does that work? I need that badly!

"You still have to justify your behavior when a man forces himself on you."

You do? I don't believe you. Do you have a reference? Lets try an experiment, the next time a man tries to force himself upon you, beat his ass and spray him with that mace you were talking about. If a court of law makes you justify that I'll give $1000.

"You still don’t have paid (or even unpaid) maternity leave. You still have to go back to work while your body is broken. While you silently suffer from postpartum depression."

Holy hell, fuck all that! I say to hell with reproducing then. I mean my goodness you're automatically going to get depressed after having a child. Hell I never knew that, how the hell am I alive? Why did my mother suffer so much? She didn't even get paid to sit at home depressed the whole time.

"You still have to fight to breastfeed in public."

I took breast feeding classes, you have to fight just get the baby to latch on, it's probably even worse in Public. In other news, do you really want to breastfeed in Public? I mean shit I'm shocked you were able to get out of the house with all that depression and no pay.

"You still have to prove to other women it’s your right to do so. You still offend others with your breasts."

I could see that, I mean no offense or anything, but I don't whip my junk out in public, not because it would offend me, but it might offend others.

"You are still objectified. You are still catcalled. You are still sexualized. You are still told you’re too skinny or you’re too fat. You’re still told you’re too old or too young. You’re applauded when you “age gracefully.” You’re still told men age “better.” You’re still told to dress like a lady. You are still judged on your outfit instead of what’s in your head. What brand bag you have still matters more than your college degree.
You are still being abused by your husband, by your boyfriend. You’re still being murdered by your partners. Being beaten by your soulmate.
You are still worse off if you are a woman of color, a gay woman, a transgender woman. You are still harassed, belittled, dehumanized.
Your daughters are still told they are beautiful before they are told they are smart. Your daughters are still told to behave even though “boys will be boys.” Your daughters are still told boys pull hair or pinch them because they like them."

Wow, I'm not addressing all that shit individually because look we all have problems even us middle aged white dudes, most of these aren't exclusively "Female" problems.

"You are not equal. Your daughters are not equal. You are still systemically oppressed."

Well you're partially correct. My daughters are not equal, they're a hell of a lot better than most people out there. Oh and they sure as hell aren't opressed in anyway.

"Estonia allows parents to take up to three years of leave, fully paid for the first 435 days. United States has no policy requiring maternity leave."

Do you know anything else about Estonia, or are you just pulling that one stat right out of your ass? Uh good for Estonia? No serioulsy tell me more about Estonia...

"Singapore’s women feel safe walking alone at night. American women do not."

Oh really? See my Rhonda Rhousey reference from earlier, she must be from Singapore.

"New Zealand’s women have the smallest gender gap in wages, at 5.6%. United States’ pay gap is 20%."

Care to site any reference here? Seriously? Who are all these people so open and honest telling everybody about their wages?


"Iceland has the highest number of women CEOs, at 44%. United States is at 4.0%."

I'm not sure how or why that's relevant to anything, but uh good for the women of Iceland? Uh go Iceland! Maybe American women don't want to be CEO's?


"The United States ranks at 45 for women’s equality. Behind Rwanda, Cuba, Philippines, Jamaica."

Can you site something here? Like a single reference cause I googled that and didn't find jack squat. I did find a study regarding the supposed wage gap with results like that, but that isn't equality!


"But I get it. You don’t want to admit it. You don’t want to be a victim. You think feminism is a dirty word. You think it’s not classy to fight for equality. You hate the word pussy. Unless of course you use it to call a man who isn’t up to your standard of manhood. You know the type of man that “allows” “his” woman to do whatever she damn well pleases. I get it. You believe feminists are emotional, irrational, unreasonable. Why aren’t women just satisfied with their lives, right? You get what you get and you don’t get upset, right?"

I'm not a woman, so I don't feel like a "victim", but I can assure the women around me, and that are influenced by me aren't victims either. Oh and they sure as hell aren't asking you to go out and march for them.

"I get it. You want to feel empowered. You don’t want to believe you’re oppressed. Because that would mean you are indeed a “second-class citizen.” You don’t want to feel like one. I get it. But don’t worry. I will walk for you. I will walk for your daughter. And your daughter’s daughter. And maybe you will still believe the world did not change. You will believe you’ve always had the rights you have today. And that’s okay. Because women who actually care and support other women don’t care what you think about them. They care about their future and the future of the women who come after them.
Open your eyes. Open them wide. Because I’m here to tell you, along with millions of other women that you are not equal. Our equality is an illusion. A feel-good sleight of hand. A trick of the mind. I’m sorry to tell you, but you are not equal. And neither are your daughters.
But don’t worry. We will walk for you. We will fight for you. We will stand up for you. And one day you will actually be equal, instead of just feeling like you are.
~ Dina Leygerman, 2017"

No Dina, you're right, you're not equal. I hate to break this to you, but no one else is either. You'll never play basketball as well Lisa Leslie, you'll never fight as well as Rhonda Rhousey, you'll never swing a racket like Serena Williams. You have been found wanting. The good news, accept that you are not equal and that no one is, and the premise that you might be is incorrect. No you're not equal, but take solace in the fact that while you are not equal, the rights you have in this country are the same as everyone else, either male, female, black, white or brown.