Interestingly I've never seen the debate in such stark contrast in the rest of europe.

Thinking about it, I suspect the divide was not so obvious here before the Feminist Initiative started. Many different feminisms flourished, though generally keeping a common front to the outside (and having the heavy in-fighting out of the wider public).

At the time of the great public in-fight I thought they had made an obvious mistake in setting up the party. As I saw it you either start by declaring a clear direction and let those that concur gather or you start with a big group and see what you agree upon and agree to disagree on the rest. However, I am now leaning towards the conclusion that the involved parties did not realise from the start how much their policy suggestions differed and actually was contradictory. In that case there might not have been much they could agree upon.

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