It certainly sounds like things are f*ed up down under and incredibly frustrating. It sounds like these women are power crazy sociopaths and the majority of ordinary women/men are too busy earning a living and raising their families to give them a second thought, unless they are having a meaningless argument down the pub, which polarises the sexes into repeating meaningless drivel that does not reflect how they live their lives day-to-day.
I personally do not know any women who hate men. I'm in the UK, 45 and I hang out with ordinary people. The media talks a lot of shit and does not represent the views of anyone I know: we think that the original feminists were stupid for denigrating women's traditional roles while they were fighting for the vote and equal opportunities.
Here's a true story. I just remembered a time when I was 29 and I was a little bit overweight, especially in the face, having had a c-section 6 months months earlier and I was in a queue at the gym vending machine and a group of lads just pushed straight in front of me. That was the first time in my life that any man had treated me like that and they looked kinda surprised when I said, "err, excuse me, I'm next," and pushed straight back in front of them. They clearly weren't expecting the "chubby, low-self esteem girl" to say anything but, "chubby girl" wasn't my self-image and I knew the extra weight was temporary. Also, far more women were being friendly to me for the first time in my life and I finally understood, after the vending machine incident, why so many women were hostile, for no damn reason, before I became chubby. Don't get me wrong: I still think that women who are vile to other women for the way they look are silly cows but I think that men who treat chubby, myopic girls like dirt are complete tossers.
I blame modern life for making so many people shallow and credulous: it's definitely not inherent in men or women and like I said above: ordinary people tend to repeat a lot of old crap that they are fed by the media, that doesn't even reflect how they live their lives day to day!
Sadly, some kids lack quality parental support and I guess other adults in the neighbourhood are too busy with the daily grind. In the past, people used to look out for each others kids, but that's gone now that most mothers have to go out to work, so that a family can make ends meet. I agree with you: feminists suck.