I think about it differently. They are alienating and fragmenting people that would otherwise be on their side by turning every issue into &quot;this is how it affects me and since it affects me and my gender we have to fix it.&quot;<p>If we came together as people, regardless of gender, and demanded more rights in the work place (family leave instead of just focusing on maternity leave for example), we would have a LOT more standing to accomplish our goals.<p>By fragmenting the population, telling the middle class white guy it&#x27;s his fault the middle class white woman doesn&#x27;t have maternity leave because the boss happens to be a white male (though upperclass), you are only hurting your cause.