All great points. Vonnegut’s views did evolve with the times (the short-story market in the early fifties, where he first made his name and which he studied in depth, was nothing like the climate of the late sixties). But I find his claim that he didn’t write about women “out of respect” a bit disingenuous. Women had profound impacts on his life, from his mother to his sister Alice (who served as the basis for one of the main characters of Slapstick) to his first wife Jane, who supported his ambitions from the very beginning (and whom he left for Jill Krementz, another important influence, when he reached a whole new level of fame with Slaughterhouse-five). His shifting views mirror the changing times as much as they do his own self-reflection to the extent that he was willing to engage in it.