It's not just the religions who are forever agitating for access to schools to reprogram young minds is it?

Career or work-centered feminism has its limitations, one being that its ideologues like the author cannot get their heads around the simple fact and reality that many women do not see a career with the materialism and conspicuous consumption that goes with it as the most meaningful, satisfying thing they could do with their lives.

Dr Catherine Hakim, Work-Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century (OUP, 2001) demonstrated that 'women are not a homogeneous group but rather are choosing three different work/family lifestyles. Only a minority of women (between 10 and 30 per cent) are work-centred, giving priority to employment; a similar proportion are home-centred, with their priorities centred on their children and preferring not to work. This leaves between 40 and 80 per cent in what Hakim calls the "adaptive" group, who structure work around their family responsibilities.'

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/06/1044498913240.html

forgive me but who, ever, said that feminism was only about work? how about violence against women in the home, for example, what has that got to do with your ridiculous statistics, which simply state the obvious? and of course they may be a major revelation to you, but they are simply a big yawn and a complete furphy to anyone with a remote grasp of the issues....i advise talking to some more women, you never know you may actually learn something.

WTF?

I can still remember how confused I was when at the tender age of 17 I heard a speech by a feminist at uni.

I was confused because the goals she was seeking for all women already existed in my world.

Even though my father was the person who earned money and my mother was the person with most of the domestic duties theirs was a relationship of equality.

My spouse, however, was raised in a family where her father called the shots. She describes herself as a feminist. In her female dominated work field it is the females who cause her the most angst and erode equitable work practices. These women describe themselves as feminists.

Fortunately, all of our adult children believe they were raised in a relationship of equality.

While I would definitely agree with those who argue that women have not yet achieved equality in Australia, I actually believe that what Nina considers to be the problem, is actually the solution.

Once we have "a generation of young girls who think that their rights are innate and inalienable", as long as this is matched by a similar view amongst boys, the battle will have been won.

As a comparison, look at the attitudes of young people to homosexuality. For the vast majority of them it is just not an issue. Why would anyone wish to discriminate against someone because of their sexuality? Therefore they don't.

Once we get to the stage where those making the decisions can't see a reason to discriminate against someone because of their gender, that's when we will have equality.

"think that their rights are innate and inalienable"...i hazard that what nina actually means is that these young women have a really low awareness that their rights are easily erroded by right wing cultural idealogues and fundamentalist governments...and just because young people think that homosexuality is OK does not make for equality. gay marriage does not exist..there is a very long way to go yet....

WTF?

In her article Nina Funnell claims, “After all, we can hardly claim that women have achieved equality - in the corporate world or anywhere else - when their bodies are still being policed and their freedom is still being suppressed.”

In her article on 28 February this year she states, “A number of my friends take pole dancing classes. Another two have had boob jobs. And many of my friends enjoy big nights out on the booze. They also swear, smoke and have sex… these women are highly successful, motivated, intelligent individuals. They would take great offence at the suggestion that they have been unthinkingly duped or coerced into their current lifestyles.”

They used to call this “having a dollar each way”.