Vanna:”Don't try and misquote me, or leave something out. You wouldn't be a feminist would you?”

I don’t think I’m a feminist Vanna. :)

I’m not convinced either the mens groups or female groups give a flying toss about the actual children they use to score points.

As for traffic accidents... I assume the children weren’t driving.

"As for traffic accidents... I assume the children weren’t driving."

Probably depends on the suburb.

R0bert

Jewly,
I would think the author is well acquainted with many of the aspects of childhood in our feminist society. He has carried out extensive research on the subject.

My personal research has shown motherhood in this country to be in an absolutely abysmal state, with an estimated 1 in 20 pregnant women now believed to be diabetic, right through to the estimated 600,000 children in Australia now being referred to as "disadvantaged".

I would also think that leaving out of information is as bad as misinformation, and those surveys and research papers that carry out misinformation are almost always connected to universities, or produced by people educated in our highly feminist university systems.

Lol! Has anyone else noticed that as Vanka (sic) gets more and more upset and confused about his 'facts' about all those nasty feminists out there ruling the world, he deliberately starts misspelling his detractors names?

Poiriot, Jewlery and suzanonline must be really annoying him!

Vanna <"While feminists like to mention “women and their children”, I have yet to hear of a feminist show any concern about childhood diseases or traffic accidents."

Really?
Are you suggesting that of all those university educated doctors and researchers in Australia who spend their whole working lives caring for sick and injured children, researching diseases and injuries caused by accidents, that there is not one feminist amongst them?

Try looking up Dr. Fiona Stanley and Dr. Fiona Wood before you continue writing more untruths Vanka (sic).

I'm not a feminist, but I believe in equal rights for women, I was university educated and am proud of it.

One fact that is indisputable is that men kill more women, children and other men in our world than women do.

That fact doesn't mean I am a feminist, just a realist.

Suzanonline,
There is a question mark concerning abortion, and whether or not it is murder. If it is murder, then about 25% of children are murdered by their mother.

Certainly there should be better research and surveys undertaken into society issues, particularly issues such as de facto relationships, single parenting and fatherless children, because for all the social science departments in our so-called universities, there are almost no studies undertaken into these areas.

I tend to think the reason for this is that few positives can be found for de facto relationships, single parenting and fatherless children, so the feminist social science departments in our so-called universities do not carry out research on these issues.

Yuri:

Thoughtful article with very appropiate recommendation for granular publicly available data. The more factual data, the better to de-politicize the topic and end sterotyping, especially at this juncture when the amended version of the "Family Violence" legislation is out for public comment.

The AIFS Evaluation report made it clear that funding to streamline court procedures together with emphasis on integrated multidisciplinary courts was what was required. It's sad to see the government copping out with regressively poinless legislation rather than funding the necessary pilot-extensions and programme implementation called for by experts across the ideological spectrum.