From my studies at UNSW 1999 to 2002 I could name a good number of female academics in the history and political science schools, as well as science, medicine and law, who have good things to say about the 'male gender' but I could not be bothered listing them, and invading their privacy.

Anyway, what is the male gender? It cannot be simply defined, in this context by the chromosomes carried in the genes.

Strike...I must be a minority and have a problem that requires addressing if studies are indicators of your viewpoint Leslie. Thank you for your article, it is an interesting subject and I will enjoy reading other people's contributions. Daily for me [factually speaking] for most of my life. Now in my forties and my libido has not decreased, if anything it has increased.

I'm sorry Vanna, you've lost me.
When has anyone here said we didn't want males and their sex drives?

You seem to be tarring all women as feminists and man-haters Vanna?

Are you trying to start an argument with the female posters for some reason?

Well, you will just have to be patient and join the queue!

Suze

>> Well, you will just have to be patient and join the queue! <<

Where is Anti anyway?

Vanna. Again you are your own worst enemy - painting women as the enemy of men - we're still overpopulating the earth so there is clearly a lot of fraternisation going on between 'enemies'. Besides there is no evidence for any of your claims. Granted some women loath some men and vice versa. For example, I find you absolutely reprehensible and an embarrassment to the male sex, however you have plenty of company in the form of posters like Antiseptic and Formersnag who share your hatred of women. Which is very telling. But not all males hate as much as you do.

People who generalise about entire groups of people be they religions, genders or race in continually hostile and insulting terms are bigots. There is good and bad in all of us, Vanna, but you cannot see. I loath and pity you in equal amounts.

Keep trying to saw through those brick walls with these few guys exhibiting mysoginistic traits Severin [married to one for 25 yrs]; its a sickness from childhood or one major incident with a female in their lives who they perceive as doing them wrong, therafter tainting all women with the same brush wrongfully. Many of these men refuse to admit or address their illness, prefering instead to continue on their path of manipulation, lying, destructive behaviour. It is an act. They do know right from wrong. Every time they degrade a female, it is a boost for their self esteem. In the process, sadly, they alienate most human beings from themselves, to learn, grow and beat the hideous disease.

Nonsense, it has descended as usual into a slanging, name-calling contest between androcentric and gynocentric respondents hasn't it? Both sides regularly protest their affection and respect for the opposite gender, while decrying the extreme views they themselves read into what the other side is saying.

The gender war is so yesterday as to be last century, but unfortunately there are those who obviously derive secondary gain (including their daily bread maybe) from its continuance and in some cases have probably done so for decades.

This article was flagged early on by a number of respondents as fluff. Unreasoning, one-eyed gynocentrism is completely foolish and thirty plus years past its use-by date. The androcentric responses to it and the predictable gynocentric returns of serve demonstrate the silliness and possible mischief-making of both positions. It is all sooo old and miserable to the other gender.

Cue the Beatles droning on with Yesterday, while the whingeing continues unabated.