A feud has erupted on Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise, with co-host Andrew O’Keefe and commentator Mark Latham going head-to-head over feminism.

The issue that set the men against each other was discussion about feminism and if men were being targeted unfairly.

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Latham fired up when asked if men felt threatened because women were now educated and better off financially.

“No I think the average man is doing quite fine, they ignore most of the left feminist clap trap,” Latham said.

“They ignore people like Van (columnist Van Badham, also a guest on the show) who are a very very minority interest in our society, she’s a self declared anarchist way way on the extreme left of politics representing perhaps point zero, zero, per cent of thought in Australia so she’s safely ignored.

“The real issue for men is can they keep up in the education system. At the moment among university graduates leaving every year 40 per cent are male, 60 per cent are female, a massive advance for women in this country. When you look at the bottom of society when you get away from Van’s debate about women like her, because left feminism is essentially selfish.”

O’Keefe jumped in: “Oh for god’s sake”.

While O’Keefe lambasted Latham for launching personal attacks on guests, Latham hit back by suggesting O’Keefe was unprofessional as host.

After Latham offered a comment on the idea of having women’s only carriages on late-night trains, O’Keefe said, “That’s a really good insightful comment there. Great to have constructive debate there. Thank you. And thank you all for your insights and thank you Mark for the entertainment.”

Latham responded: “Thank you for the objectivity, Andrew and maybe next week, you can go back to being a proper professional host. If you want to participate in these debates declare that at the start of segment.”