This claim falls flat when patriarchal views of feminism, domestic violence, child abuse, affirmative action, rape, employment discrimination, and family law are brought to light, including the misogynistic language use when describing all of these issues. Since Daly supported equality that would benefit both men and women, the argument went that Daly's view and the view of the misogynistic men's rights movement were the same. The woman who made these claims refused to acknowledge the absurdity and sheer hilarity of what she had written. Women are just as likely to support the patriarchy as are men. The argument that feminists seek special rights for women, or that women demand equal rights to the detriment of men is patriarchal reaction to women taking back what is rightfully theirs.
Women already have equality.
It's been stolen from them in the form of draconian cultural precepts and law. What women are doing today is taking back what is rightfully theirs. It is not a simple transaction that is demanded, but restitution. It is absurd for men to look upon the relinquishing of stolen privilege as benevolence. It is absurd also for men to protest indignantly when women speak of wresting back our own stolen power.