Mens Review

The 'Men's Review' is a men's rights magazine that circulated in Britain in the 1940s. Its articles touch on many of the same issues raised be men's advocates today.

Sex Equality: Defining One’s Terms – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

We continue the series of Men’s Review excerpts below with this piece exploring the meaning of ‘sex equality’. – PW * * * Defining One’s Terms by C. Lea   THERE is a type of propagandist who finds it convenient to avoid defining his terms. He can thus vary the sense when and how it …

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The Trend Of The Sexes – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

When we observe the relationship of the sexes in the past, we find woman solely of the ménage, a menial, subjective, subjected. The male holding the centre of the human drama. From this point to the next point -the present- can be traced the line  following an upward trend, economically, intellectually, and politically, which forecasts …

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Men Have Become “Chattels” Of Women – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

We continue the series of Men’s Review excerpts below, with the author discussing how men have become a servant class or mere “chattels” of women. – PW * * * Chattels by Avertir   In 1935 the Bishop of Salisbury was reported as saying 16,000 women obtain Separation Orders a year. In the same year, 50,000 …

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The Trend Of The Sexes – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

We continue the series of Men’s Review excerpts below, with this piece imploring women to extend to men freedom from traditional responsibilities “with the same zeal as women demanded it for themselves.” – PW * * * The Trend Of The Sexes by Rith   When we observe the relationship of the sexes in the past, …

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The Man Always Pays – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

We continue the series of Men’s Review excerpts below with this piece discussing the unbalanced financial and parental burdens placed on fathers. – PW * * * The Man Always Pays by Vertir   About a hundred thousand men are sentenced for life to the bondage of maintenance orders. Try to imagine the welter of misery …

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Sex Equality: Defining One’s Terms – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

We continue the series of Men’s Review excerpts below with this piece exploring the meaning of ‘sex equality’. – PW * * * Defining One’s Terms by C. Lea   THERE is a type of propagandist who finds it convenient to avoid defining his terms. He can thus vary the sense when and how it …

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A Cultural Convention Condemned – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

The following article appeared in the 1948 edition of the ‘Men’s Review’ – an antifeminist, pro men’s rights initiative that was active in Britain during the 1940s. This will be the first of a series of articles to be published at A Voice for Men from the first editions of the Men’s Review, which will …

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