Many years ago - late 60s/early 70s - I was a student and a convert to feminism. I was full of enthusiasm for what we could achieve, despite the men who were against us.
Progress was slow but steady and I felt we'd get there eventually.
A close (male) friend of mine at the time told me not to get my hopes up. He felt that the men who hated women would find a way to steal back that which we had acquired.
I've come to the view that he was right.