What I think has been so toxic is this idea that we can 'go our own way' and that we don't need anybody for both men and women. The fact is, we are biologically wired to want to find a long term mate. It is like the need to eat, or sleep. Saying you don't need someone to satisfy that innate craving is like saying you don't need to eat. Eventually, you'll starve and suffer, it just isn't that obvious. So, as a society, we ought to place that into its proper priority and not pretend that we 'don't need it'. So yes, women need men and men need women. To say otherwise is a huge lie. Unfortunately, the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves and this one is a whopper!