As we celebrate Women’s History Month, let’s reflect on how far women have come in leadership—and how much resistance remains. Women have broken barriers, shattered glass ceilings, and taken seats at tables that once excluded them. Yet, the backlash against this progress is intensifying.

Despite earning nearly 60 percent of college degrees, leading in workforce participation gains, and serving as the primary breadwinners in 40 percent of U.S. households with children, women are still being told their success comes at men’s expense. Instead of reckoning with the real economic and social shifts reshaping work and leadership, powerful voices are stoking resentment, claiming that men are the victims of women’s rise.

This should make us angry. And rightly so. But anger, when channeled with purpose, can be fuel for change.

The truth is, dismantling progress for women won’t solve the crises men are facing—rising loneliness, economic instability, and identity struggles in a world that no longer guarantees the old provider role. Nor will it address the very real obstacles women still confront in leadership: bias, double standards, and the pressure to succeed without threatening the status quo.

For too long, leadership has been framed in rigid, binary terms. Men have been expected to embody decisiveness, dominance, and emotional restraint, while women have........

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