What is the men's rights movement?
The Men's Rights Movement (MRM) also sometimes known as the Men's Human Rights Movement (MHRM) is a pluralistic movement of men and women who have identified certain problems facing men and boys. It is comprised of many organisations and individuals that are loosely affiliated. Despite this, participants within the MRM maintain a largely consistent position on men's rights. The movement accepts robust and frank internal discussions, which are generally conducted in public. Individuals within the MRM are sometimes known as Men's Rights Activists or Men's Rights Advocates (MRAs).
The Men's Rights Movement is widely misunderstood in the wider community and misrepresented in the mainstream media. The term men's human rights movement, established by Peter Wright and Paul Elam, is sometimes used as an alternative. Both terms are correct.
The MRM is inherently non-partisan. The left today is more readily ide ntified with feminism. The reality though is that both the left and right of the traditional political axis are quite happy to throw men under a bus.
Gybocentrism
We reject gynocentrim.
Gynocentrism refers to a dominant or exclusive focus on women in theory or practice; or to the advocacy of this. Anything can be considered gynocentric when it is concerned exclusively with a female (or feminist) point of view.
Traditionalism is often tied up with gynocentrism. Traditional societies demand that men remain stoic in the face of their own pain and that they give their lives up for the community.
Similarly the MRM reject chivalry as a gynocentric worldview.
Peterson's message is softer than ours. He relies on gynocentrism, a familiar and comforting concept to many people. Same with CHS who, like Peterson, correctly points out problems facing men and boys, but won't take the argument to its logical conclusion.
Life
Reject any claim that men are obligated to protect women.
Men no longer have a responsibility to protect women.
Men refused to be defined in terms of their responsibilities to women
A man's life is worth just as much as a woman's life.