There’s no one way to be a man.
Men who get their periods are men.
Men who get pregnant and give birth are men.
Trans and non-binary men belong. #InternationalMensDay
— ACLU (@ACLU) November 19, 2019

Ladies, remember the Women’s Movement from the 1970s? Remember how we were all supposed to be just like men? Have the same jobs, the same pay, the same ability to have free love, free sex with no consequences? Breaking taboos, such as going shirtless, burning bras, not being a ‘housewife’ but a ‘contributing member of society?’ As if having and raising children and keeping a pleasant home were equal to slavery. So some decided to be just like men, while denigrating others who did not agree.

Now women are beginning to disappear from societies such as ours. I suppose we are needed as much as a fish needs a bicycle. Men participate (and win) in women’s sports because, after all, we are all equal. ‘Men’ can have periods and babies. Men can raise a family just as well without a female influence. Being and acting as a woman — feminine, modest, and nurturing, but strong and solid for herself and others — is no longer a viable definition. The old admonition to ‘act like a lady’ (which I heard quite often growing up) could be considered hate speech today.

I guess we have come a long way.