the FWBO and feminism - approaches to Buddhism

This is a link to a well-argued and thought-provoking discussion of the differences between the FWBO and American feminist approaches to Buddhism and Buddhist practice in the West. The author is Dharmachari Dayamati, aka Professor Richard Hayes of the University of New Mexico. He begins by stating his position that "the Friends of the Western
Buddhist Order appear to provide an alternative theoretical framework to the
one articulated by Rita Gross in Buddhism After Patriarchy".

An alternative (and less scholarly) treatment of the same subject can be found in an article by Maitreyi on Akasavana, the FWBO's women's ordination retreat centre.