JOHN O’SULLIVAN: Teaching women to be resentful of men has real, lasting consequences.

When my wife, who has stage-three breast cancer, goes to the emergency room, the first question they ask her is whether or not she feels safe at home. If she is anxious, the hospital social worker feels comfortable assuming some form of abuse. They repeatedly ask inappropriate questions and make grave assumptions without proof.

As a society, we are so trained to look for abuse that we ignore any other possibility. An argument can be called verbal abuse. A wife under serious stress is a victim. A man concerned about spending money is controlling. A wife refusing to answer her phone is enduring harassment. These opinions are presented as facts. It’s just assumed a man is oppressing a woman. That’s what feminism run amok has done. . . .

Teaching women to assume the worst of men has real consequences. We should not tolerate such a toxic message. We live in a country where millions of children are prohibited by law to see Dad because we imagine extremes to be normal.