Nighthawk's History Of Feminism.
Once upon a time, women were held back by men. They didn't let them vote or earn their own money. The Women's Liberation Movement (nee Feminism) came about to serve women's aims. Some died for those rights. Eventually men conceded that things were unfair and slowly women achieved equality in the eyes of the law and most men. Cool.
Next feminism decided to settle a whole bunch of other scores, like the objectification of women, and how a man should act to be acceptable (the New Man phenomenon of the 80s). It was a reasonable debate to have, and both sexes could be forgiven for trying out a new system. Many men, the natural AFCs, the ones who cared about fairness, embraced this new paradigm. Men who acted outside this new norm risked being labeled a misogynist. Curiously they would still get laid - in fact more than the eager-to-please new man. Hmmm.
As time went by a bunch of women, both in and out of the feminist movement realised these New Men, while great on paper, did not get their puzzies wet. They yearned for a man who would spank them when they were naughty, who wouldn't take their every word at face value, who didn't put them on a pedestal. This was kind of annoying to a lot of feminists so they put their heads in the sand and refused to accept it.
The rest of the women were now stuck with the consequences of their demands. They found that Generation AFC man was happy to give up ALL his power, rather than fight for his corner if challenged. Women had learnt a thing or two about manipulation during their centuries of oppression, and men had grown weak. Women had the power they wanted, but began to despise their old enemy now he had given them their collective balls. They began to act ever more demanding, unreasonable and spoilt, hoping in their collective unconscious that their societal shyt-test would wake men from their slumber.
There was indeed resistance, from men who had been burned by the misuse of female power, or valued mutual respect and loathed double-standards, or who had never wanted women to have any power in the first place.
These men were faced with a society and media still struggling to assimilate the changes of women's liberation. Their numbers were small, and unorganized. But slowly, with the aid of a few books, movies and (ahem) websites, their confidence and influence grew and
I'm curious to see what happens next too.