Usual Suspect, I'd actually applaud something along those lines (even if just for the fuss it would stir!), and I'd be inclined to think more radical feminists would too, you know, the sort that look down on mothers staying at home. It would be a good litmus test of where current feminist thinking is!

The other issue that I have with your "70% of women" statistic is that if asked, I think very few men or women would prefer to be at work if they didnt have to. Whether it be to spend time with the kids or just do as they please. I'm always a little wary of statistics given that you can prove anything with numbers.

Col, I'd like to think that women (and feminists) are intelligent enough to choose who to vote for based on more than thir gender. There is a school of thought put forward on OLO that suggests feminists (of the harder line variety) are more environmentally active so this aspect of Sarah Palin (oil wells and moose shooting) I imagine would rub them the wrong way potentially enough not to vote for her. Personally my vote would come down to what style of government I felt the country needed at the time. Given that it appears its high time the yanks pulled their heads in and addressed their own problems rather than blowing things up, its probably time for a dose of the democrats, no matter who the leader is.

<Many times I would see husbands caught in the following double bind:

"I need someone more ambitious and makes more money" or, alternatively, "He is too serious and always at work, he is no fun.">

basically it comes down to being caught in an impossible position and as Usual suspect points out, someone needs to earn an income in order to be able to support the costs of children.

In this double bind position there are no winners.

uh...the ability to 'predictively' assess situation one finds themselves with reasonable accuracy is an essential human survival requirement...and we all have...only issue is do we use it...and then more importantly is act as required...

why the above...well...we have a piece here promoting image of feminism...to women who dont want to openly associate with while quietly sucking up the benefits...law/government/day-to-day-working(just put yourself as women/man wanting benefits/favoured in court/government_service etc to see gulf in difference between sexes...while distancing themselves from the corrupt/deceit/deals methods feminist_and_tools used to unbalance the same rights of all to same...

what specific benefits you ask...some infamous examples...two laws separately legislated...family law act\childsupport...on paper seemed ok...daily working...now here is corrupt kicker...court orders most children care to mother...with it childsupport 'payee' title and engages govt power to suck out post-tax money from father(payer)...left without home/child/life...architects of this knew exactly what the practical outcome...till the 300 father protest march to canberra parliament on a rainy 2005 day...shared parenting bill to address inequities soon after but not till feminist muddied bill with relationship centres and stuff...that we have now...

same to domestic violence, and now its becoming in your face feminist sexist/exlusive club on taxpayers burden...eg victorian abortion bill and now fertility bill http://news.theage.com.au/national/fertility-bill-passes-first-hurdle-20081008-4w82.html notice no mention of men/father right fertility access for surrogacy...but surrogate(women) to get parental rights(defeating principle of surrogacy...etc)...while misusing conscientious parliamentary voting method to this issue(like abortion bill-produce bill as you like then only issue is getting majority numbers, unlike 'open' issue debated on which bill structured and amended as proceeds to parliament to when majority votes achieved...)

so applying 'predictive' analysis...the victorian parliament is feminist/women interest corrupted...and victoria soon to be feminist utopia...while states men and children increasingly suffer, while image of success promoted in corporate media...hope the world is watching 'how to mess a nice place' and how messy this is going to turn out...

Sam

Feminist is a bad word. The feminist movement calls for gender equality but what it delivers is the right for women to vilify and physically abuse men without public disapproval.

If feminist wasn't a sexist word and was a word to define someone seeking gender equality the word would be something like humanist and not specifically linked to a sex.

All that feminism has done is destroy women both mentally and emotionally whilst declaring the false idea that it is actually helping women.

Feminist is not a 'dirty' word but it does come from an evil movement that uses dirty tactics to rip apart the social and family unit and rewrite the role of woman as they see fit regardless of the negative outcome for everyone involved.

Hmm. "Casalan" signs up and makes a single post which is identical in tone and content to those of the misogynist reactionaries who haunt OLO.

A couple of the regulars here must be running out of limbs to hang their sock puppets off.

Let us not divide humans into water tight compartments. Any concept developed should lead to enlightment and should not create further confusion.Let us all be humanists and not feminists or male chauvinists.Ills in the relationships between men and women are mostly due to improper understanding of life.We as human beings should not ignore the physiological rloes that men and women are supposed to play.Pregnancy and child birth put women in a special setting.Upbringig of children as responsible citizens is a serious responsibility of parents.When parents quarrel on petty issues it is children who are worst affected.This fact is little realised by both the feminists and the male chauvinists.Modern scientific developments should not be misused to preach chauvinistic tendencies which certainly create disruption of social responsibilities.
Therefore let us all be humanists which is necessary for creating a harmonious and a peaceful society.