But the fact is 40 per cent of women who kill their partners are convicted of murder and

But the fact is, 40 per cent of women who kill their partners are convicted of murder, and only 25 per cent of men. The judge said that the violence against her was "not serious". By contrast, Singh Bisla strangled his "nagging" wife, Abnash, "to shut her up" after two hours of verbal abuse He was given an 18-month suspended sentence and walked free. Kiranjit Ahluwalia was given a life sentence for the murder of her husband. For ten years, she had been repeatedly beaten, burned and raped.

"We don't want power for women over men: we believe that power corrupts. But it may be necessary for women to take power, at least temporarily." The public is unlikely to care how many feminists can dance on the head of a pin, but much harder to ignore is the damning catalogue of unequal judgements they have compiled to support their claim against the British criminal justice system. And now we want to live in an equal society." " They're not going to change unless we confront them," adds Wistrich. We don't think all women are our sisters, and we don't think all men ar e inherently bad.

All we're saying is that institutionalised violence against women has got this far because men seized power. Which is more than ca n be said for the touchy-feely,"lifestyle feminism of the Gaia generation" "We're not into cultural feminism," Bindel explains. "We're not interested in living in Womensland, using natural tampons, or any semi-religious lunacy like worshipping the Goddess. At least, they reason, you know where you are with Social Constructionism. But all women have experienced violence from men - if no t actual violence, then the threat of violence It just depends on how you define it. I would define it from flashing and sexual harassment on a continuum right through to pornography and rape." They are aware that their unbending ideology has stigmatised them in some quarters as old-style, men-hating dinosaurs And, frankly, they don't give a damn.