Fear not Po' my declaration was all-inclusive, if I'd intended it for just one I would have said so, as in this and other posts.
Interesting how feminist defenders are SO VERY threatened by anyone pointing out the uncomfortable truths, isn't it?
I note too, not one single response defending or explaining the total lack of action by feminists on the suffering of women outside the West.
"Let them eat cake" perchance?

G'dayBruce,

If you're ignorant of the outreach by Oz feminists to people like Vandana Shiva and Arundhati Roy (to name only two) then perhaps you should go and do a little research.

http://www.lankastandard.com/2011/06/arundhati-roy-on-exclusion-feminism-and-resistance-movements/

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/Roys-full-speech/2004/11/04/1099362264349.html

(The 2004 Sydney Peace Prize lecture delivered by Arundhati Roy, at the Seymour Theatre Centre, University of Sydney.)

http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/bookstore/author/id=129/

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/sowing-seeds-of-hope-and-change-20101029-177fc.html

There are plenty of connections between activist women representing the developing world and like-minded people in more developed countries like Australia.

As I said, why don't you address the root causes of female degradation in developing countries - the issues people like Shiva and Roy are exposing and rallying against?

Doesn't fit well with a quick spiel in a post, eh?

causes of female degradation in developing countries
Poirot,
We can't really do much about that in those countries bu we can prevent the feminists from doing here if we really wanted to. The problem are the feminists, they'll stop at nothing from pursuing their dream of destroying society.

Dear Poirot,

Just to jog some memories of - "been there, done that."
Here's a link that may be of interes:

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5874

Check out my comment on page 2 (as Lexi) and the link I
also gave at that time:

http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_11_02_06_cohen.pdf

Cheers.

Paul,
None of us are the least bit threatened by feminism because it does nothing, achieves nothing and represents nobody except paranoid old spinsters and their equally demented granddaughters.
The counter argument is that none of the advances in material conditions for women have had anything to do with Feminism unless you choose to frame Feminists as a sort of capitalist women's auxilliary.
All of the advances in "women's rights" have been as a result of innovation by men, whether it be in technology or political and economic strategy.
I'm not threatened by wild conspiracy theories like "one in three", 'patriarchy' or the "wage gap' any more than I'm impressed by the Bilderberg conspiracy theory or the one about the queen sacrificing children on the altar of St Martin in the field.
Feminism is based on lies and falsified statistics, it's no threat to anyone as long as men refuse to support it with violence and coercion of dissenters.

Thanks Foxy....I'd forgotten about that.

I wonder what G'dayBruce makes of one of us starting a thread along the lines of this one?

After all, apparently we're ".... SO VERY threatened by anyone pointing out the uncomfortable truths..."

So much that "not one single response defending or explaining the total lack of action by feminists on the suffering of women outside the West."

Lol, G'dayBruce...seems Poirot was singing your tune on that thread...and many OLOers were contributing to it.....in the interests of discussion - not point scoring.