Why it's Important to have a Men's Rights Movement?

How many times have we heard the same old - same old...that feminism is ALSO for men?  This is usually done in an attempt to kill discussion about men's issues.
Feminists will often state that you don't need a men's rights movement because - of feminism.  But does feminism really help men's rights progress?
Feminism was initially created to help women. Period.  It was a creation of the post industrialization movement.  Men were always the main bread winners not because of patriarchy but because of biological differences.  Before the onset of advanced technology and capitalism most jobs were based on hard labor.  Men had to labor hard in mines and on farms to provide for their families.  Boys were often indoctrinated into early child labor to assist while women and girls served an equally important function of caring for the home.

Providing for the family was 

tantamount to survival of the human 

species. Men's aggression was not 

necessary for hard work - but it 

was important for survival.  

His aggression was important 

(not for beating his wife) 

but for protecting her. 

Men's strength had evolved (or for the creationist was created) for this purpose.  Providing for the family was tantamount to survival of the human species. Men's aggression was not necessary for hard work - but it was important for survival.  His aggression was important (not for beating his wife) but for protecting her.  This idea of protection was critical to the survival of not only his family but of the immediate society he lived in.  Since the survival of the community is limited by the number of children born into the next generation it was paramount to protect women.  A single man can impregnate an incredibly large number of women and therefore if only one man survived that was "okay".  If only one woman survived it wouldn't make a difference if you had one man or a million men - the next generation was directly dependent on the woman's fecundity.  Hence the concept of male being disposable became entrenched in everyone's psyche.  It still is today.  If a man dies there is very little news.  A woman's death however makes for great news and sympathy.  Even incarceration rates takes this idea of disposability to new heights.  Who cares if we throw a man in jail to rot but putting a women there is a tragedy.  Its the ingrained idea of disposability why more men are put to death by capital punishment and why many more women have their sentences commuted to prison time.  Disposability goes hand in hand with the concept of gynocentrism.  Women were never oppressed by in fact the complete opposite because of their importance to the continual survival of the species.

Fast Forward a Few Thousand Years

With the onset of technology strength had become widespread.  Capitalism and competition made it necessary to create more efficient means for productivity.  As technology improved men's strength became less and less necessary in society's ability to survive.
The printing press also made strides in communication as did the telegraph, radio and television which went hand in hand with the evolution of policy and law enforcement.  Civilization had lifted the requirement for individual men to defend their family.
In essence.  Men's and women's biological differences became less and less important in society.

As technology improved men's strength 

became less and less necessary 

in society's ability to survive.

With women and men no longer bound to their historical (required) roles they began to move out of their comfort zones.  Armed with their entitlement bestowed to them by society's gynocentric sentiment women sought out to seek better lives. Why? Because its only natural that we strive to improve and get better...have more money....more security.

Today, Women are Well Taken Care of

Today's world has numerous systems geared towards women.  Governments have whole ministries and divisions whose main focus is the betterment of women's health and well being.  And that is good!  We should care about women and girls.  They are important.  But doesn't that also beckon the question about "what about men and boys?"

This video (from Tom Golden) illustrates just how lopsided our gynocentric society is with regards to allocating resources between males and females:

The men's rights movement is a real thing.  

It raises awareness about the disparity.

The Men's Rights Movement

The men's rights movement is a real thing.  It raises awareness about the disparity.  But what we hear all too often is why doesn't the men's rights activists actually do anything about the issues they raise?  First, this is a loaded question.  It implies that "nothing" is being done.  Since when is raising awareness doing nothing?  With the numbers of men's rights advocates so low the best thing we can do is raise awareness.  Attempting to actually solve the issue will be futile.  Without resources including support in government how would you expect a small group of men's rights advocates to:

• reverse the failing trend in boys' education
• bring forth legislation to end male genital mutilation
• bring fathers back into the lives of their children
• solve the suicide epidemic

It also doesn't help that there are (feminist) groups out there who are specifically down playing these issues.  Like this excerpt written by James Fell (posted in time):

MRAs believe the traditionally oppressed groups have somehow seized control and taken away their white male privilege. They tap into fear and insecurity and turn it into blame and rage. Often the leaders of these groups are men who feel as though they got screwed in a divorce. They quote all sorts of statistics about child custody and unfair alimony payments, because in their minds, the single mother who has to choose between feeding the kids or paying the rent is a myth. They believe passionately in their own victimhood and their creed goes something like this: Women are trying to keep us down, usurp all our power, taking away what it means to be a man.


Besides being misleading and dead wrong, misandrists like James Fell make it difficult for awareness for men's rights to grow.  Mr. Fell and many others also make the mistake of linking men's rights activists in the same camp as Pickup Artists.  I can spend a lot of time debunking this false claim but I'll point you to number one best resource (in my opinion).  Bane666AU has spent many hours debunking this: