An activist who called Prime Minister Scott Morrison a white supremacist has criticised Australia for having an outdated attitude towards women.

Egyptian-American writer Mona Eltahawy, 52, slammed Mr Morrison and called for male rapists to be murdered during a controversial appearance on the ABC's Q&A on Monday night.

Ms Eltahawy continued her criticism of Australia on Thursday.

'I find that Australia, when it comes to misogyny and racism, is in this bubble that the US used to be in, in the 1960s and 70s,' Ms Eltahawy told SBS News.

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Outspoken Egyptian-American writer Mona Eltahawy (pictured) dominated the episode of panel show Q&A on Monday night

Ms Eltahawy branded Prime Minister Scott Morrison (pictured) a 'white supremacist Evangelical'

Ms Eltahawy warned Australians they should be particularly concerned about Mr Morrison's talk of banning boycotts and introducing laws targeting political protests.

'Just because you are a democracy, does not mean that you are forever going to remain a democracy... Why aren't the streets flooded here in Australia by people angry at what your prime minister is doing, and what his predecessor did, and what successive governments do?' she said.

On Monday night, Ms Eltawahy called the Prime Minister a white supremacist.

'Your Prime Minister here is a mini version of Donald Trump - because we're talking about white supremacists capitalists,' she said.

'Your Prime Minister is a white evangelical Christian like Mike Pence in the US so you're on a parallel path here.'

Left to right: American anti-ageism campaigner Ashton Applewhite, Egyptian-American writer Mona Eltahawy, businesswoman Hana Assafiri, host Fran Kelly, Indigenous writer and activist Nayuka Gorrie, journalist and author Jess Hill were the panel on Monday's Q&A

It wasn't the only controversial moment in the programme - which featured five hardline feminists and no men on the panel - with Ms Eltahawy stating that women should kill rapists.

Former ABC journalist Jess Hill backed her up before screenwriter Nayuka Gorrie said: 'I think violence is OK'.

Host Fran Kelly made no attempt to denounce the inflammatory comments, instead meekly asking Ms Eltahawy if she were promoting violence.

The show, which featured lots of foul language that Kelly also left largely unchecked, caused outrage across the nation and sparked calls for ABC funding to be cut.

One female viewer said the ABC had 'got together a group of man-haters to promote violence against men'.

Dozens called for Kelly to step down, saying she was 'perfectly at ease with violence'.

Media analyst Julian Evans has complained about the show to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

He told Daily Mail Australia: 'Violence against women, children and men is abhorrent and should be condemned at every opportunity, not encouraged, discussed with glee or presented in a away that condones and incites the community.'

He also claimed the comments broke the NSW Crimes Act which outlaws inciting violence on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation - but New South Wales police said no complaints had been made.

The ACMA said it had received over 20 complaints about the episode of Q&A.

Dozens called for Kelly to step down, saying she was 'perfectly at ease with violence'

Writer John Ruddick said the section was the 'worst five minutes in the history of the ABC'

Although most of the reaction to the show was negative, some praised the outspoken panellists

Her visit to Australia is not the first time the outspoken Ms Eltahawy has made headlines.

She founded the #MosqueMeToo movement in 2018 which saw thousands of Muslim woman reveal stories of sexual harassment and assault at religious buildings and gatherings.

'I started #MosqueMeToo and posted several threads about being sexually harassed at Haj in 1982 when I was 15. Many Muslim women have shared their experience (since),' Ms Eltahawy said has previously said on Twitter.

Ms Eltahawy said Muslim women are caught between a rock and a hard place.

The rock, she says, is Islamaphobic racists who want to use anything Muslim women say to call all Muslim men bad.

While she claims the hard place is the misogynists within Muslim communities who want to silence Muslim women from speaking out.

The antidote to this predicament is for Muslim women to stand up and become leaders, she says.

One female viewer said the ABC had 'got together a group of man-haters to promote violence against men'

The comments immediately sparked fury on social media as hundreds of viewers were left shocked by such brazen support for violence

Another controversial moment came when the panel discussed Tanya Day, an aboriginal woman who was arrested for being drunk in public and died in a police cell in 2017.

Responding to a question about how institutions can be better held to account for racism, Ms Gorrie said the police service should be shut down.

'Its very formation was to serve the interest of white sovereignty in this country,' she said.

'When we're talking about accountability, I'm not sure how far we can go in keeping an organisation like the police to account because it is there to be violent'.

'It's patriarchal, it's overwhelmingly white. I think it shouldn't exist.'

The show also came under fire for repeated use of foul language, which prompted Kelly to say: 'We are trying to keep the language under control. If you're offended by the profanity, maybe leave now.'

Shortly afterwards, in the section about police racism, Ms Eltawahy made no effort to moderate her words, saying: 'You're asking the person here who travels the world to say f*** the patriarchy.'