It is a mistake to underestimate the enormous ground gained in public policy by the feminist establishment over the past thirty years in Australia.

What about the invention by feminists of the ‘problem of boys in schools’?

Most people would be unaware of the such things as the (pro) feminist programs designed for boys in schools on the topic of "gender and violence" which are referred to by the euphemism ‘boyswork’ (re-education - a nice Marxist touch!). Boys are taught that as boys they are automatically privileged as part of patriarchal power and hegemony (whew!).

You need to have a look at national policy documents such as the National Action Plan for the Education of Girls and Gender Equity: A Framework for Australian Schools). These policies were introduced years ago and continue to be added to, without adequate consultation with the Australian community.

There is a substantial body of evidence from rates of suicide, injury, mortality, withdrawal from education and imprisonment that boys feel disempowered and are at risk. However feminists in education have continued to block initiatives to improve boys’ self esteem claiming it is merely ‘backlash politics’.

Accordingly, more pro-feminist courses have been designed as part of the curriculum for boys to address the ‘problem of backlash politics’!

Likewise in the face of numbers showing the continued wastage of male teachers and reduced intakes, the feminist establishment has claimed firstly, it is all ‘backlash politics’ and secondly, that male role models are not required in education because women can provide the male role modelling as required.

As a community we should be getting very angry that we are not consulted on these policies that in the main are designed, implemented and defended by faceless bureaucrats.

Cornflower: I think you're right on the mark, and it's one of many reasons why, when I have children, I have no intention of sending them through the public system, but especially the boys. It seems odd to me that a lot of people would want to inflict such things on their children.

The irony of all this, is it seems counter-productive to the aims of feminism anyway (which leads me to believe that the academic, militant branch is more about feathering a nest or pursuing an agenda). Ultimately, women will never have the majority of power in politics, business, etc. unless it's enforced, simply because to get that high up, one has to avoid the "inconvenience" of childbirth and rearing and be incredibly singular and driven (which is beyond most men even). These top roles will continue to be occupied by a tiny minority of particular men. However, for the average person (male or female) and family, creating men who are extremely unsure of themselves, if not completely dysfunctional, via the education system, is a recipe for disaster. Likewise, I think if family law is so unfriendly to men, that will have unintended consequences for women and families in general, not to mention for men themselves.

Maybe I have my own set of issues, but I actually don't see a lot of Australian women (and the American women I've dated are worse!) as desirable partners or wives. Aside from often seeing them as uncouth (yes, old-fashioned ideas of femininity, I know), or uncultured or not particularly bright or interesting (a wider issue I have with most Australians), I'm also more than a little wary about the long term outcomes of such relationships (witholding sex doesn't worry me, but not getting to see my kids and being impoverished does) given how nasty and combative they can be. Simply put, I find many foreign women vastly more attractive in every way.

You go Cornflower!

It is indeed refreshing to read the words of someone who has seen through the fog of feminist-Marxism and its evil intent and war against men and boys. At last, now there are 2 of us. Only 20-odd-million left to go.

How come we can see it Cornflower, but the rest are so blind?

Or perhaps they aren't so blind and can see it, but are just too gutless to speak up. Just like this mediocre article by Jim Macnamara.

Feminism v Allah.
One reason why the Muslim communities are fighting the west is because of the west's obsession with female equality.
The constant barrage of feminist government advertisments relating to
the male dominance of females is yet an example of mind control by the feminist left.
The State governments are not so much acting politically correct but rather "Germaine Greer Feminist correct."
Her recent attack on Steve Irwin highlight what our feminist government hate,A Man's Man.
Male teachers have to act as if they have no ball's,just to please the feminine left who now control our Educational system.
I once heard a comment by the (Mr)Chief Magistrate of South Australia,
"I like women Aboriginal's but not the men."His comment expresses everything that is wrong with the feminist argument, the broad brush or blanket approach to affirmative action.
Australian Police forces now have to double MANpower due to the fact that what used to take one strong policeman, now takes two weak police people to do the same task.
One strong Policeman used to be able to control most situations.
What now happens is that two police women are unable to control a mild domestic, and call up the troops when the situation turns nasty.
The cost to the tax payer is a much more expensive police force and a much less effective Police force.

Greers comments are IRRELEVANT, have been for 2 decades. Her rhetoric is a SMOKE SCREEN behind which she hides. Uses ideas to go out and mostly man bash, although, to her credit, she gives the typical princess mentality and double standards of women a pretty severe dose too. Look around you, particulraly at women. Its abvious that few are listening.

Her tirade was 'cultural cringe'. A a big snore.

Feeling embarrassed by someone ELSES behaviour is deeply insecure. Identity on the basis of nationality is pretty shallow. Getting offended about a stereotypical ozzy ocker type when you rejected that way back in the 60s is boredering on pathetic.

Thats the issue with greer. Average, dumb-arse, non-intellectuals can see it. Intellectualls are so busy maintaining their facade that they cant/wont look, with retorts that anyone who disagrees is anti-intellectual. These psuedo-intellects are the most anti-intellectual of all. An Intellectual is 'someone who watches their own thinking.' Greer doesnt strike me as the self critical type.

A healthy self esteem doesnt get embarrassed at the sight of a dinky die type standing in an amsterdam customs line in an accobra and dry-as-a-bone.

The most 'interesting' aspects of greers 'look at me' attention addict melodrama are...
1. timing... could have waited for the body to get cold.
2. no respect for the dead... very low class to speak ill of the dead.
3. no regard, nor empathy for how the widow and kids might be effected by her veiled misandry
4, tone... very angry, bitter and full of obvious self loathing.
5. she turned the death of someone into something about her. Very gracious and not at all self absorbed.
6. you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, tho l suspect greer knows that few want to fly in the wake of her cynicism.
7. Its all personal.

Its no wounder that people react badly.

She has given up on herself, her own credibility, as her appearance on the British celebrity Big Brother demonstates.

No one likes a coward, particularly the ones who masquerade as self-styled sheroes of ideological deliverance.

Quite true Yabby, I too saw David Koch say that about his wife. It seems to me that a lot of men put "themselves" in the firing line. I hear a lot of men complain that their wives control them but they seem to take it as a joke. I dont know just my opinion.