The inequality equation

For a while, as if by coincidence, I have been listening to many tales of woe and anguish from women who feel the inequality between men and women is growing despite, or in thwarting, the equal rights drive. I have thought a lot about it, remembering young days and comparing them with adult, married, and divorced days.

Here are a few excerpts from my thoughts:

For as young as I can remember, as a girl full of energy, bubbling with joy and looking bright-eyed to a future of perpetual fulfillment, words were cautiously, graciously, and sometimes roughly thrown at…