@aidan,
Quote:I'm interested though - what do you see them competing for- what's the prize? You or spendius?
You are dreaming girl !
One of the main arguments for not giving women the vote was that they would vote on appearance. It turns out this is entirely correct. But in the visual based era we live in, so do men. FDR would never have been elected in the TV era.
The womens movement (I like that term, it makes it sound like something a pet did on the carpet) started as a terrorist organisation, throwing acid in people's faces. There is some interesting sexual psychology in that act.
For the record,
I was shocked when as a child I found out that at one stage women did not have the right to vote.
I believe in equal money for equal work.
I believe in the right to vote.
I do not believe in affirmative action.
I do not believe the womens movement now is about anything more complex than a minority of women who cant sexually compete with other women.