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[[Anti-Sexism]]  |  [[Feminist Movement]]  |  [[UN Fourth World Conference on Women - Bejing, China]] | [[GLBTQ]] | [[INCITE]] | [[Men's Liberation]] | [[Conclusion]]| [[Anti-Sexism Sources]]
[[Anti-Sexism]]  |  [[Feminist Movement]]  |  [[UN Fourth World Conference on Women - Bejing, China]] | [[GLBTQ]] | [[INCITE]] | [[Men's Liberation]] | [[Conclusion]]| [[Anti-Sexism Sources]]


<p align="center">"Sexism is discounting the female experience of powerlessness; the new sexism is discounting the male experience of powerlessness" - Warren Farrel, ''Why Men Are the Way They Are'' </p>


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=='''Overview of Men's Liberation'''==
=='''Overview of Men's Liberation'''==
Goal of the Movement: To disprove the view, as Goldberg states, "He is the oppressor, victimizer, abuser, user, exploiter, chauvinist, sexist pig. She is the oppressed, victimized, abused, used, exploited, maligned, passive, blameless, helpless victim"
"The men's rights political movement encompasses both men and women, some of whom were once associated with various profeminits groups but became disenchanted with the feminist movement. These men and women believe that the women's movement wrongly blames men for the oppression of women and that such blame is counterproductive to ending sexism. They also deny that men live privileged lives...They also argue that feminism seriously misconstrues male and female reality and has instituted an agenda that only makes things worse for men" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Clatterbaugh]], 62).
Began in the early 1970's with father's rights movement- This movement specifically focused on the discrimination against men in the areas of divorce and child custody and formed The Coalition of American Divorce Reform Elements (founded in 1971) transferred to the Men's Rights Association in 1973.
Groups Begin to Form
- One side that identifies itself as anti-sexist and rejects both liberal and radical feminism as possible starting points for an analysis of men's social reality. Free Men groups formed and launched the '''"Coalition of Free Men"''' advised by Herb Goldberg.
-The other side was lead by Fred Hayward who established '''Men's Rights Incorporated'''. They aimed to challenge legal and policy discriminations against men.
1980 Both sides came together and formed the '''National Congress for Men''' (NCM) whose motto is "Preserving the Promise of Fatherhood" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Clatterbaugh]],71).
'''[[Mens Liberation Comapared to Womens Liberation]]'''
'''[[Rights that Men Advocate]]'''


'''[[Men's Liberation and Race]]'''
There is a large and growing movement of ''men'' who are active in overcoming the harmful effects of patriarchy and gender roles on men as well as working to end the oppression of females.
"The men's movement, like most social movements, comprises a number of streams, intersecting in a variety of ways, sometimes opposing each other. These streams are a '''[[pro-feminist stream]]''', a '''[[men's liberation stream]]''', an anti-sexist or masculist stream, a mythopoetic stream and a men's / fathers' rights stream" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_liberation] [[Anti-Sexism Sources | Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]


'''[[Men's Liberation Groups]]'''
With many social movements, there are criticisms from other groups.  Feminists or pro-femitist men hold that father's rights groups at times seem to seek to entrench patriarchy and oppose the advances made by many women in society.  Pro-feminists seek the men's rights movement and father's rights movement as the most extreme part of the broader men's movement.  They also believe that "many men join those more extreme groups as the result of negative personal experience during a divorce or custdy battle" ([[Anti-Sexism Sources | Men's Liberation]]) The focus of this website will be on the '''[[pro-feminist stream]]''' which helps the overall movement of anti-sexism.

Latest revision as of 02:56, 12 May 2006

Anti-Sexism | Feminist Movement | UN Fourth World Conference on Women - Bejing, China | GLBTQ | INCITE | Men's Liberation | Conclusion| Anti-Sexism Sources


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Overview of Men's Liberation

There is a large and growing movement of men who are active in overcoming the harmful effects of patriarchy and gender roles on men as well as working to end the oppression of females. "The men's movement, like most social movements, comprises a number of streams, intersecting in a variety of ways, sometimes opposing each other. These streams are a pro-feminist stream, a men's liberation stream, an anti-sexist or masculist stream, a mythopoetic stream and a men's / fathers' rights stream" [1] Wikipedia Encyclopedia

With many social movements, there are criticisms from other groups. Feminists or pro-femitist men hold that father's rights groups at times seem to seek to entrench patriarchy and oppose the advances made by many women in society. Pro-feminists seek the men's rights movement and father's rights movement as the most extreme part of the broader men's movement. They also believe that "many men join those more extreme groups as the result of negative personal experience during a divorce or custdy battle" ( Men's Liberation) The focus of this website will be on the pro-feminist stream which helps the overall movement of anti-sexism.

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