I don't see how you can blame this on feminists when other people should also have been pushing for those same rights?

Why are you putting more of the blame on feminists and women than any other section of society here? It just reads as unhinged misogyny.

You can see this pattern repeated often by conservatives (not invented by them, but currently popular with them): No matter what happens, attack your political enemies. Every problem, every event, is an opportunity to smear them.