Feminists

Rodgers was a lonely young man who felt rejected. He strikes me as a likely victim of bullying himself.

He expressed his frustration and anger in misogynistic terms, but at the core, he most likely had difficulty empathizing or loving anyone. He probably did not even love himself really. He was totally self-centered and insecure. His misogynism was the result of a twisted personality, not the cause. The misogynists with whom he communicated online are angry men who focus their anger against women.

I have noticed that there are women online who focus their anger against men.

But the anger is at the root of it. And the anger is the result of the inability to accept and love others.

I've been married over 50 years to the same man, and we have lived in societies far more misogynistic than the US. It takes two to tango. Men and women can learn to live together and accept and love each other. It takes an effort on both parts.

I am very happy to see that young couples today tend to have relationships that are even more cooperative and harmonious than those we had in our day. And I'm happy to see that my daughters have career opportunities that I could not have dreamed of. Feminism is making big strides. I don't think we should focus so much on the few set-backs there are. Women have it so much better today than we had it back in the 1950s and 1960s.

As for the Isla Vista killer. He just didn't know how to love and accept others. That was his problem. I would bet he did not have a lot of good men friends either.