The ‘Year of the Woman’ was a failure

Published December 31, 2018 4:52pm ET



The New York Times has dubbed 2018 the “Year of the Woman.” In some ways it was — but not exactly in the ways progressives and feminists predicted. A cursory review shows feminism (which has devolved into a lack of focus, perspective, and purpose) had little to show for this year.

In January, the Women’s March disappointed from the get-go. I attended the one in Washington and was surprised at how ill-informed the attendees were, how the speakers rallied for policies that actually hurt women, and how it was blatantly biased toward leftist ideology. How is a women’s march that leaves out religious women, conservative women, black women, and pro-life women a march for all women?

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