Thank you, all of you, for your comments....

I will feel that women are indeed considered equal to men on our planet when no woman is raped, beaten, sold, and violated in any additional form on our shared planet.

I will feel that women are indeed equal when at least 50% of every governing body on the planet are women.

I am pleased to learn that many of my musical friends are, like me, self-taught musicians who volunteer to entertain others and share with others.

Like most of you, I read this forum for general information. It was NOT my intent to start a tirade about men vs. women although apparently I did that.

You are correct that I do have considerable experiencial reason to distrust men generally.

Additionally, I have a great deal of experiencial reason to admire, love, and trust far more men than I imagined I ever would....

I feel I have the right to voice my opinions whenever and wherever I am moved to do so.

I am done now, for this thread.

Elizabeth