Well said Renzetti!
Can't help comparing what is happening now to what happened at the birth of Christianity. When Jesus was about to be crucified all his male disciples, tail between their legs, denied knowing him and fell in line with the alpha male at that time- the roman empire. It was the women who had the courage and guts to stand up for what they believed and stay by his side during the crucifixion. 

Gotta get one of your coven mugs :)
-another "Sister from the North"