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A relatively new movement, the Men's Human Rights Movement (MHRM) is |
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only now getting wide publicity. Those within the movement are |
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generally known as Men's Human Rights Activists or Men's Human Rights |
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Advocates (MHRAs). Until recently the movement was generally known as |
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the Men's Rights Movement. This term is still used by many in the |
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movement and is normally used by the movement's detractors. |
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The movement started to significantly increase in membership from around |
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2010 onwards. The MHRM has many detractors. Some who want to discredit |
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the MHRM claim it is a violent movement. This could not be further from |
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the truth. The MHRM goes out of its way to be a non-violent movement. |
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The most popular online sites within the movement such as A Voice for |
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Men and the MensRights sub on Reddit actively exclude censure and ban |
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people who make threats of violence or advocate violence. |
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The MHRM is a movement concerned about problems facing men and boys and |
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focuses on bringing attention to the problems in the wider community as |
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well as discussing ways to alleviate and resolve the problems. |
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Despite what many outside of the movement think this is not just a |
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movement for men. Many women participate in the MHRM and often seem to |
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be among the movement's most active contributors. The movement is |
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pluralistic and inclusive. As well as many women the MHRM includes gay |
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and transgender men. Participants in the movement come from across the |
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political spectrum. They are united in their recognition of the |
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problems facing men and boys and agree that these problems need to |
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be addressed. Anyone who broadly agrees with the aims of the movement |
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is welcome to participate. |
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Many of the men who have entered the movement until now have been |
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personally impacted by one or more of these problems. They might be, |
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for example, men who have been dealt with unjustly by the family law |
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courts in their country. After experiencing this they may become aware |
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that their treatment by the courts was common and from there become |
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aware of he broader MHRM. Young men may experience discrimination in |
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their high school or University on the basis of their gender and from |
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this may become aware of the broader movement. Increasingly people who |
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have not been personally impacted by these problems are recognising a |
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broader problem in society and are stepping up to make a difference. |
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The movement is notable for being task focussed. Although there is no |
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one definitive list of the issues that the MHRM is addressing there is |
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broad agreement on a core set of issues. Most activists within the |
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movement have certain areas that they focus on. |
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== Disposability of men and boys == |
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We have recognised the disposability of males. In many nations today, |
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and in past centuries, men can be drafted in to a nation's military |
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forces and even sent to war, all against their will. They can be made |
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to fight and die. If they refuse to do so they can be punished |
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terribly. Few societies have ever forced women to enter combat against |
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their will. |
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Men are a majority of homeless in every nation where reliable data is |
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available and a significant majority in most of these nations. |
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== Domestic violence against men == |
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Men constitute between one third and one half of all victims of domestic |
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violence. A similar proportion of domestic violence aggressors are |
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women. The notion that domestic violence is a gender issues simply does not |
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stack up. |
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Drugging of children, predominantly boys |
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Education discrimination |
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Father's Rights |
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== Genital mutilation == |
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Male circumcision is an issue raised by many in the movement. |
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== Health of men and boys == |
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== Legal discrimination against men == |
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== Reproductive rights of men == |
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== Suicide of men and boys == |
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== Vilification of men and boys == |
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== Violence against men and boys == |
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Many people look at the top of society, to leaders in politics, business |
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and the military and see men. They conclude then that men rule the |
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world. While it is true that men do dominate in leadership roles, it |
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does not follow that all men dominate in society. This is an example of |
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the ''apex fallacy'' - looking at the most successful members of a group |
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and judging the group by that standard. |
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Explain Redpillers, Pick Up Artists and how they differ from MRAs. |
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Explain that Elliot Rodger was not an MRA and there is no evidence he |
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had even heard of the MRM. |
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 22 October 2014
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