Wolly B,

I can just hear the crescendo from the "many of the feminists on this site"....but where are the "many".

As far as the general section of this forum is concerned, there are three females who "regularly" contribute - that's Suseonine, Foxy and Poirot.

I'm more likely to critique feminism on various grounds, connecting it to the system in which it operates.

I can assure you that many men who frequent OLO are particularly strident in their views and invite an equally strident response - it's got little to do with "feminism" per se.

So occasionally they're out-debated by "a woman"...or do you reckon that's somewhat beyond the pale.....on a forum that hosts around ninety percent male participation.(Graham would have a better idea, and can correct me if I'm wrong)

Or should we females not get above ourselves and respond in kind to provocative rhetoric from our opposite gender?

Okay Wolly B, whatever. u have obviously had some extremists (not feminists, but extremists) in your ear. feminism is about equal rights for women/ coinciding with the equal rights of men. read a text book and get back to me. get ur google on buddy. I do not wish to argue with you, its not my intention here, but u obviously lack understanding. this is just a case of ill knowledge and misunderstanding n possibly possibly poor encounters with people who took the stand out of its context and manipulated it into a hate male session. all forms of extremism are unhealthy and cradle hostility in some way or another. im sure youre smart enough to comprehend my views. awesome u have ur own opinion. my opinion though iws that ur opinion is warped. i guess u can only go by ur personal experiences. pls do urself a fav before u slam an equality based movement and read a book or two. feminism doesnt aim to put down men. it is simply about empowering women to grasp the same rights as men.

and also....what is wrong with that? especially considering women didnt have equal rights to begin with. what is so wrong about empowering women to ensure they have the same rights. if they had equal rights from the get go, feminism would be something else. it wouldnt even exist really.feminism is a consequence of years and years of inequality bestowed upon women. its a ramification. a rightful rightful stand that merely exists as a consequence through lack of euqality. i guess we should also slam race based equality movements too? how about we bring back total opression and enslavement? y not? there is NOTHING WRONG with the promotion of equality for disadvantaged groups who suffered inequality in the past. it is empowering and brilliant.

sonogloin,

"Okay Wolly B, whatever. u have obviously had some extremists (not feminists, but extremists) in your ear....u obviously lack understanding. this is just a case of ill knowledge and misunderstanding n possibly possibly poor encounters with people who took the stand out of its context and manipulated it into a hate male session. all forms of extremism are unhealthy and cradle hostility in some way or another..."

Which was in reply to Wolly B posting this:

"As many of the feminists on this site display, they are only happy with communication from men who agree with them and what they are saying.

Should a male disagree with them, various tactics, such as name calling, or guild tripping are used in order to shame these dissident males back into line."

Sonofgloin appears to be a "faux feminist" or why else would he label women on OLO as "extemists" for venting their views?

Woman who disagrees with male opinion on OLO = "extremist" (according to sonofgloin)...it appears.

Given the very few women who frequent this site, it amazes me that this subject comes up as often as it does.

I think that often it is just a chance for all the resident good ol' boys to have a whinge about all the pesky women in their lives who dare to suggest they would like to be treated as a human beings...

Anyway, everyone have a good Melbourne Cup day, and I hope a mare wins the race :)

Daughterofgloin,see this is what I mean about Feminists poisoning the well of "social justice", everything you've posted is based on false premises and flies in the face of reason and scientific observations, you've posted the usual bogus rhetoric but made a caveat "I don't hate men"
Race and gender are biological realities and there's no such thing as variations of sexuality, sexual behaviour is when a man and woman try to reproduce, anything else is just a recreational activity.
Nature doesn't do equality, the genders are so different that they can't be compared to one another as are the(now proven)two broad Racial categories,African and Eurasian.
Julie Bishop is in many ways superior to many if not most men in the cabinet but she's clearly not the intellectual equal of Peta Credlin or the people at the IPA. Bill Shorten is an inferior politician to Malcolm Turnbull, Daniel Andrews and Dennis Napthine are about evenly matched in terms of intellect and ability but they're outclassed by people such as Jane Garrett or Geoff Shaw.

What a boring world we'd live in if everyone was "equal".