is the status quo - an insidious system where male VALUES are seen as higher than female ones. Where masculinity is seen as superior to feminity - where pink is bad, where gay is bad.... Cultural feminist point to the fact that women have been written out of History ignoring the fact that history is the history of the entire human race. When you look back in history, which women feature prominently. Those of the ruling class. How many men died in the trenches in WW1, can you name one? So it's really more complex than just saying men oppress women. Look Eats, you know how you said you only got radfeminised recently? And are learning and stuff? You are in the rage rage rage stage where raging is enough before processing starts. And that's ok, but you are going to get these reactions... I love it! MmeLindor - trailing expat spouse. She is not oppressed by the patriarchy. She built her OWN career around the constraints in her life. Used them, built on them, created a fantastic resource for the tweenies, writes a fantastic feminist friendly blog. Now - published author. I think she is most excellent and a wonderful example of what us women can do if we put our minds to it, rather than sniping and trying to undermine others. Just wrote something about women in Africa, but MN went down for a moment. The conversation about women in Africa interests me. I was in Kenya this