"Hormones."

Oh dear.

I can see why Vanna and Hasbeen would feel intimidated by the wonderful author, and the contents, of this article :)

I read up on her education and life history...
"Some of her books are Lionel Murphy - A Radical Judge, Even in the Best of Homes - Violence in the Family, The Baby Machine - Commercialisation of Motherhood, The Sexual Gerrymander - Women and the Economics of Power, Women and the Law, The Incredible Woman - Power and Sexual Politics, and Poor Nation of The Pacific - Australia’s Future? She is editor of the Artemis ‘Women’s Voices, Women’s Lives’ series, and has recently completed a book on equal pay, for the Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women, National Council of Women and New South Wales Trades and Labour Council, Wage Rage - Women’s Struggle for Equal Pay."

Sounds impressive... and all this learnt by a woman from several Australian Universities!
I say she would make a great Prime Minister :)

C'mon girls vanna loves women. The love and warmth verily seeps from every sweet dulcet tone.

It is only feminists, mothers, single mothers, single women, divorced women, abused women (there is no such thing in vanna's world), school girls, female teachers, career women, tradeswomen, female soldiers that he despises.

Sheesh...give the guy a break already.

Ooh Pelican, you are naughty!
But I like you :)

suzeonline,

Thank you for the listing of the credentials of this article's author. Very impressive. Though, to one not really familiar with women's affairs there appears perhaps a certain leaning in some of those works - not that this really matters.

What is of concern to me, however, is that, for all that scope of experience, education and achievement, I don't think the author has made much of a case for anything. Maybe I'm missing something (or a lot), but I think there has been more revealing investigation in the comments on this thread than in the article itself. (And I have to admit that I have enjoyed the diversity of responses the article has summoned.)

Nonetheless, though further gems of wit and fancy may yet present, I think this particular thread is done for me. And so adieu.

Saltpetre

>> Though, to one not really familiar with women's affairs..... <<

Welcome, alien being from another planet, I am pleased you have been entertained by this thread. During your visit on planet Earth you need to understand that men and women make up the species called homo sapiens, that what affects men affects women and vice versa.

Therefore, a male homo sapien who is filled with much hatred of female homosapiens (and vice versa) is of much concern. Hatred leads to a variety of consequences of which even the mildest: discrimination to the worst: physical violence, results in unhappiness and even harm.

Generally (please note use of 'generally', I am not saying 100%) most girls are raised in an environment encouraging them to be more introverted and boys are encouraged to be more extroverted. For some a level of timidity prevents the child from partaking in the opportunities that abound. For the excessively extroverted this may lead to high degrees of risk taking that results in the death of themselves or others.

Therefore, it is important that both girls and boys receive the love and care to aid them as they grow to be fully functioning adults - who are able to interact successfully with each other.

Please your stay here on planet earth.