I don’t get it. I suppose there are people in the world that don’t have the capacity to hold multiple thoughts and ideas in their heads or who connect concepts and ideas from their own narrow perspective and mistake that for the broader social view.

The danger with those people, especially if they are in a leadership position, is that they expouse their narrow concepts as if they were “the way of the world.”

Powerful women are amazing, as you know being one of them, and your book not only presents powerful women, but also women who have been victims of violence and so much more. Their power is what separates your book from others. And you also present male characters who are strong, compassionate and ultimately supportive of a powerful woman, as well as men who give great reason to be despised.

Thanks for sharing this post. I suppose I surround myself with powerful women and strong, compassionate men, so hearing how some folks are connecting your presentation of powerful women to hating men, seems nonsensical and very late ’60s/early ’70s. Even though your book (and you) are not about hating men, I think men have historically done, and continue to do, plenty for which they should be hated.

I encourage you to stay grounded with the powerful book you’ve written and the powerful ones you’ll write.