Fuming feminists are leading Australia on a terrifying hunt for scapegoats.

How many innocent men are we going to see sent to the desert before we acknowledge our nation’s domestic violence problem doesn’t — and shouldn’t — rest on any individual’s shoulders?

The last couple of weeks haven’t demonstrated impressive progress toward tackling domestic violence — or having calm debate. Rather, they are cheerless affirmation of how frenzied and dangerously controlling the modern feminist movement is becoming. The hunt is on — and heading in the wrong direction.

Those who aren’t fierce feminists want unity and equality between the sexes — not incensed war. Domestic violence is a serious, challenging issue running rife. Statistics are well known, but our strategy in dealing with that data is taking a hysterical feminist lead rather than calm yet urgent action.

Truth is, we can disagree with issues on the feminist agenda and still be united in our fight against domestic violence. The peaceful goal of the White Ribbon campaign may well be our shared common objective, but antagonistic messaging is proving detrimental to the cause.

Domestic violence isn’t a male problem — it’s society’s problem.

If feminists attempt to become the face of our nationwide fight against domestic violence, we will never see a resolution — and that makes me feel sick to my core.

We’re at such a crescendo we find ourselves trapped in a frustrating vicious cycle where blameless men are repeatedly being hung out to dry. It wastes time, burns energy and tests patience.

A theatrical TV panel may win more ratings than productive, enlightening discussion, but the latter would confirm we are allied in our vitally important mission.

Steve Price is no more to blame for Australia’s domestic violence problem than Eddie McGuire. “He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat,” as Friedrich Nietzsche said.

media_camera Van Badham and Steve Price don’t mince their words on the Q&A panel. (Pic: Supplied)

I am a woman who has been in abusive relationships. I was more offended by Sam Newman’s delivery than Eddie McGuire’s comments because I have different life experience and triggers to someone else.

We didn’t all swot over the same periods of history, anthropology, politics and philosophy. We don’t all use the same words or communicate in a cloned style; we’re all unique. Attempting to stifle the many who are different to you does not secure progress or unity.

The Steve Price versus Van Badham contest was a distressing display of feminism doing more harm than good. “Femsplaining” is no better than “mansplaining”; both are imaginary words seeking only to deepen the gender divide. Cathy Young was spot on when she wrote, “feminists treat men badly and it’s bad for feminism”.

If a feminist can’t have a reasonable conversation without attempting to score points and descending into referencing their ovaries, I don’t want a feminist representing me.

Van Badham was frenzied, agitated, hysterical, turbulent, seething — call it what you wish, but if you choose the word “hysterical” you don’t deserve to carry the weight of a nation’s domestic violence problem on your shoulders.

Our battle against domestic violence is too critical to lose ourselves in a fantasy maze of acceptable language. Society is not a classroom of children studying for a spelling bee.

Interestingly, the word “hysterical” has been used repeatedly this week when discussing the reaction to Sonia Kruger’s comments about immigration. Apparently, it’s only a problem when Steve Price uses the word because feminists already had an issue with him.

Radio host Meshel Laurie undoubtedly had good intentions when discussing Kruger’s comments, but it purely pours petrol on the fire to ask, “Should we close Australia’s borders to Australian men? Because they murder on average one woman a week.”

Do you walk into a house party, see it’s already out of control and wave a bottle of tequila and a bag of fireworks?

media_camera Domestic violence isn’t a male problem — it’s society’s problem. (Pic: iStock)

The feminist movement may feel like they won taking on Mark Latham, Eddie McGuire and Steve Price, yet many beg to differ. We see a recurring theme and transparent agenda.

Perhaps those who organised the hunt are too blinkered to see people are turning their backs and walking away in droves, unsupportive of this sourly biased plan. You cannot fight for an end to domestic violence by pushing a sexist agenda anymore than you can achieve equality by male bashing.

Respect may be at the very heart of tackling domestic violence, but it’s overly simplistic to imply it stands alone. Insecurity, ego, poor communication, misguided belief that toxic relationships can have happy endings, alcohol and substance abuse, anger management issues — these are all threads woven into the complex tapestry of DV.

Yet, these are being silenced because feminism has cast a one-man show and are hellbent on a hysterical performance.

We are stronger if we unite our efforts and energy.

We are more powerful if we all tackle domestic violence together.