Absolutely yes, I think women have been given the short and messy end of the stick for years and deserve much better. There has been progress and, in general, there is a clearer understanding of what they have been fighting against and for. It really doesn't have anything to do with feminism, but with basic human rights. I've been with them and will remain so, although I don't know if it's because I crossdress.

There are other things that color my opinion on this.

One of the most anoying things that I have ever experienced was the change in political involvement at the end of the Draft and Vietnam war. Men and women participated as full partners in all kinds of activities to bring these two events to their conclusion. The women were there throughout but once there was no risk to being drafted and going off to war, the guys went back to TV, beer, school and sports. At the time the same women were still attempting to make progress with the Equal Rights Amendment, but without the vocal support of all those men who had disappeared from the movement, it died. I was embarrased by my fellow men who had behaved that way and moved these women up as role models in my world. Burned bras and political leaflets or high heels and efforts to crack the glass ceiling made no difference at that point. The cause was just they had my support.