Then feminism dug it up and killed it again.
There's a key difference between "equality" and "congruency." The sexes are equal, they are not congruent. But since many men cause many women to fight for the respect they deserve, many women pre-empt that whole exchange by discounting male opinion, and so the circle goes on and on. I don't see it ever getting better.
But it's a good thing when a woman is proud to be a woman and would rather do that than the alternative. Girls do rock.