Jacqueline Maley in the Sydney Morning Herald: Opposition Leader Tony Abbott may well be a misogynist. He might be plotting to scrap abortion rights. He might truly believe that women are not temperamentally suited to leadership roles. He might, for all we know, have a Virginia Woolf voodoo doll that he jams full of pins when he's bored. All these things may be true, but so is this: Abbott's paid parental leave scheme is vastly superior to the Labor government's legislated scheme, and more feminists should come out in favour of it. Reader Peter of Bellevue Hills says Maley is one of Fairfax's most level-headed journalists, but would she consider writing a column starting as follows?: Prime Minister Julia Gillard may well be a pathological liar (or worse). She might be plotting to scrap one of our most fundamental human rights. She might truly still believe that married women are prostitutes. She might, for all we know, have a Margaret Thatcher voodoo doll that she jams full of pins when she's bored.