Part 2.  I hate this limitation on the number of letters allowed.
I have known and encountered many women during my long life. I remember a Mother Superior of a local Convent where I served Mass. she was French, a lovely, stout woman who allowed us to play tennis on the Convent’s court. She was an imposing woman and in any altercation with the local clergy I would have bet on her to come out on top.
All through my life I have encountered strong women, my mother, teachers, nuns, bosses and my wife of 45 years. True, I have come across many women with low self esteem but then many men also, it is not confined to one sex.
As a married man I have always, despite posts to the contrary, regarded my wife as my equal. ironically my grown up children, all boys (now men with families of their own) want to speak to mum when they phone. Do I mind, not a bit.
If I can live in harmony with a strong woman for 45 years then I conclude that feminism is a social construct. Does it say something for me?