In this column I pose questions and raise issues. I don't always agree with the conclusion, implied or stated. The purpose is to put a slightly different spin on each item and to promote discussion.

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• How many women provoke men to violence by refusing to listen? All talk and no listen is not communicating.

• When a man trembles with fear, pop-feminists say, "see the angry man," and what they really mean is, "hate him." When a woman trembles with rage, pop-feminists say, "women + rage = power."

• When are pop-feminists going to stop nagging and speak to men as equals?

• Will revoking drivers and professional licenses of "deadbeat dads" spark a true backlash, or will they need to make non-payment of support a felony, first?

• A traditional relationship: he makes decisions compatible with what she wants.

• Recently it has been suggested women are more in tune with their emotions than men because women are actually more analytical, and therefore are constantly analyzing how they feel. Couldn't it be that women and men have an equal capacity for analytical thinking, but generally think about different things?

• When a woman commits a crime, we dig into her past until we find a man to blame her acts on. To be fair, shouldn't we dig into male criminals' pasts until we find women to blame?

• If women knew that most men prefer the smell of cinnamon rolls to perfume, would they "backlash" against the perfume manufacturers?

• Affirmative action is a hot topic these days, and newspapers, television shows and magazines are looking for stories about how (white) men are harmed by it. Problem is, more and more employers are requiring their employees to sign nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment. Consequently, most men are legally silenced. Seems almost criminal, doesn't it?

• Freedom comes in two flavors -- "freedom to," and "freedom from."

• We keep hearing about all those "angry white males." Problem is, most of them are neither angry nor white. Most of the "angry" men who staged the LA Riot were NOT white, while most men of all races are fair-minded.

• There will be world peace when all men have a piece.

• Pop-feminists assert the workplace is more a threat for women than men, because women suffer more frequently from chronic fatigue ailments, like tunnel carpel syndrome. Could that be because more men get more exercise, and are in better condition?

• Which do you think most women prefer, wishy-washy men with either status or a macho veneer, or men of integrity?

• Proponents of Affirmative Discrimination assert "disadvantaged" populations need AA because the white boys in charge don't reward merit. Maybe they're right. Does that mean we should replace one system of discrimination with another? (The unexamined premise is that two wrongs make a right.) Wouldn't a better solution be to make rewarding merit the rule?

• When dealing with others, it often seems like men look for strengths to build up, while women look for weaknesses to attack. "Cosby" versus "Rosanne."

• Last year in an article about the men's movement, a columnist for Seattle Weekly suggested that if men want to do something constructive, we should oppose those men who rape, batter and oppress women. What she didn't explain was, how can we oppose what, by their choices, most women clearly indicate they want? Complain all you like, but actions speak louder than words.

• Pop-feminists say women should not have to wait to have children until they are financially and socially stable. Why not? Don't they expect men to achieve (or provide) stability first?

• The American Association of University Women (AAUW) points to how girls develop more rapidly than boys, and assert boys surpass girls because men oppress women. By that logic, humans oppress chimpanzees.

• Generally, mothers nurture individuals, fathers nurture civilization. Mothers bring their children to the world, fathers bring the world home. Mothers connect the family, fathers connect communities. Mothers make houses into homes, fathers make homes into civilizations. Removing mothers sterilizes the present; removing fathers sterilizes the future.