cdn2wheeler, I agree with you totally. I don't see it as a Zero Sum game either. It seems the only way to describe the issue in the shortest time possible. Maybe it is from there - the perception that there IS a war - a new definition could be thought about... I don't know.
Thank you for the link to Warren Farrell, at least it give me some form of hope, (and someone to study as a 'model' for a future direction) ... I would really like to see more of a mainstream understanding of how best to build bridges between the sexes rather than the division that is happening at the moment.
It is (I admit) tempting and easier to delve into all the different positions, and discussions, and debates, but I am tired of them now (I have been following many for over 2 years now), there is nothing new, nothing resolved or learnt from it, so I'd like to help move it to the next level, as it were.
I am open to any other suggestions as to how to tackle such an issue.