Radical feminism attempts to induce susceptible women to believe that they are victims, which makes them angry. Then it convinces chivalrous men to believe they are oppressors, which makes them feel guilty.

Like a cancer, this process spreads and multiplies. Female anger turns to feminist hatred. And men's guilt turns to male shame. Anger and shame are powerful emotions that can override reason and common sense.

CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women) capitalizes on this psychological dynamic in order to promote feminist ideology around the world.

It now appears that the U.S. Senate will not ratify CEDAW this Fall. So the November 5 elections are likely to determine fate of CEDAW in the next session of Congress. Here's why:

For years, CEDAW advocates were thwarted by a single man: Jesse Helms, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The chairmen of Senate committees have enormous power, including the right to decide what bills will be scheduled for debate. For years, Helms stopped CEDAW simply by refusing to place it on the committee's agenda.

But when Jim Jeffords switched parties earlier this year, Democrats gained control of the Senate. As a result, Democrat Joseph Biden of Delaware became the Committee Chair, and Helms became the Ranking Minority member. So Biden was able to place CEDAW on the agenda.

When CEDAW came to a vote in the Foreign Relations Committee this past summer, every Democrat voted to approve CEDAW. And almost every Republican voted against it. So many believe the best way to stop CEDAW from coming back next year is to work for a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate.

These are the campaigns that will likely decide which party controls the Senate next year, and thus will have a large bearing on the fate of CEDAW in the next session of Congress. Several of these campaigns are too close call at this point in time:

Missouri: James Talent (R) vs. Jean Carnahan (D)

New Jersey: Doug Forester (R) vs. Frank Lautenberg (D)

South Dakota: John Thune (R) vs. Tim Johnson (D)

Minnesota: Norm Coleman (R) vs. Paul Wellstone (D)

Colorado: Wayne Allard (R) vs. Tom Strickland (D)

Get involved in the Fall elections -- there is still time to make a difference.