The war on women may be fictitious but the war on men--certain kinds of men--isn't.
The advance guard of the Left seems to be The Single Woman. No society in history has been based on the needs and desires of single women; this one won't be either, not for long.
"The War on Women is a myth, but the War on Men is not."
Okey. First off, there is an ounce of truth in both. Yea, Republicans are not recently known for being supportive of women in general. They have been trying to cut funding to a lot of women related funding issues. If they actually were unilaterally cutting across the board, fine. But when you make significant cuts in certain areas, and less in others. Gee, folks think you might be trying to advocate something.
I won't touch on abortion. Because honestly, the argument is more annoying than the subject. Everyone feels very strongly about it. And whatever your opinion is, I will without a single quibble agree with you entirely if you do not subject me to it. However, I will remark that the manner in which Republicans have pursued the matter can lend a feeling that they care more about control than the principles involved. I'm not saying that is or is not the case. Just the perception that has arisen.
In short, there is not an organized anti-women movement within the Republicans. But they do not go out of their way to counter that perception. Mostly. Some Republicans have been very verbally supportive of that perception, usually by sounding like a complete tool. Akin is not the first. Stephen Freind and Henry Aldridge made significant worse comments.
As for the "war on men", again, ounce of truth. A lot of child custody laws are biased in favor of women. But not all. I learned recently, that often there is no custodial difference between a child from consensual conception and rape. That is flat out insanity.
From my outside perspective, I don't think the Republican party in general is hostile to women. Certainly, plenty of its members and prominent speakers are by their own words. At best, they are indifferent. Certainly far from supportive, there is amble proof from the GOP legislative record that they're more hostile than supportive. Some of it is merely PR, some is ideology, some is that certain folks are just plain tools.