Men's rights movement
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*[http://www.amazon.com/Stiffed-Betrayal-American-Susan-Faludi/dp/068812299X/ref=sr_1_2/189-1614205-2554252?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229146660&sr=8-2 Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man], by Susan Faludi. | *[http://www.amazon.com/Stiffed-Betrayal-American-Susan-Faludi/dp/068812299X/ref=sr_1_2/189-1614205-2554252?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229146660&sr=8-2 Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man], by Susan Faludi. | ||
| − | *[http://www.amazon.com/Iron-John-Book-About-Men/dp/0306813769/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229146761&sr=1-1 Iron John: A Book about Men], by Robert Bly. | + | *[http://www.amazon.com/Iron-John-Book-About-Men/dp/0306813769/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229146761&sr=1-1 Iron John: A Book about Men], by Robert Bly, in which men are urged to run around the woods and get in touch with their inner warrior or some such nonsense. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:45, 10 July 2009
The men's rights movement is a backlash against some of the advances made by feminism in the past thirty years or so. Men's rights advocates argue that men have become the target of discrimination as women have made advances in society. This alleged discrimination, they argue, is present in the courts during divorce and child custody hearings (where, in the USA, around 70% of child custody cases end in the mother gaining sole custody and 40% of fathers not granted custody are not permitted to visit their children [1]), and in job hiring practices. Another example of percieved misandry is the fact that many boys are raised not to use physical violence against girls, and so are unable to defend themselves if they enter a relationship with an abusive partner, despite 3.2 million men and only 1.9 million women being assaulted each year in the United States, and men almost three quarters as likely to suffer domestic violence as women are each year.[2]
Critics of the movement liken it to reverse racism and argue that men who subscribe to the ideology are merely trying to hold on to advantages granted them by a long history of patriarchy.
Further reading
- Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, by Susan Faludi.
- Iron John: A Book about Men, by Robert Bly, in which men are urged to run around the woods and get in touch with their inner warrior or some such nonsense.
References
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