Olderbadger1 I love this The solidarity and sisterhood is heartwarming. 
. You're right, it has brought out the latent feminist in many of us. I didn't think I had this level of righteous anger in me, but here it is. Whether the TRAs realise it or not, they have mobilised a whole new generation of suffragettes.
And yes to the chilling 'Repeat after us - twaw'...like we are school children who need re-educating! The patronising arrogance is astounding. Is stinks to high heaven of male entitlement!
One of the most sobering things about all of this is, like you said 'those in power stayed silent'. Where is the integrity of standing up for women being abused and harassed for simply speaking the truth?
It showed me how little regard many in government and media have for women and women's issues. For all their bleating about domestic violence and the gender pay gap, they don't give a shit. Happy to take our money, happy to pat us on the head like a pet dog who wants a treat. But when it comes down to it, will never truly see us as deserving of the same importance or respect and dignity.
And like you FannyCann I thought women's rights were done and dusted. But what I've learned is that they are never done, there will always be someone chipping away at them somewhere in the background. Like around the time women would have felt more equal in the workplace, graphic pornography was on the rise, putting us back in our place. And now it has become normalised 
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Misogyny never stops, just takes a different form I guess.
Like the old Ronald Reagan quote about fascism returning disguised as liberalism. The is plain old misogyny, dressed up as something else.