The idea that men require civilizing is long-lived. Peter Wright proposes a novel suggestion for how we might achieve that: by leaving men alone to be the caring and for the most part civil creatures they were from before society decided to impose its will on them.
In 1898 a man named William Austin established what we think is the first known Men’s Rights Movement. We bring you the story as reported in a newspaper article of the time.
Despite claims that the phrase was invented during the last decade, the phrase “Men Going Their Own Way,” or variants such as “going his own way,” or “go his own sweet way,” is hundreds of years old.
Written 43 years after Mary Wollstonecraft wrote ‘Vindication of the Rights of Woman,’ and a decade before the Seneca Falls Convention, this essay provides a very different perspective on the power, and status of women of the time.
Now that feminists are suing for peace, opening a dialogue with feminist men’s groups like the 200 year-old “Good Men Project” seems a good first step. Our Senior Editor Peter Wright joins the celebrations.
It may surprise some readers to learn the Men’s Human Rights Movement (MHRM) is at least 130 years old. Peter Wright provides an overview of the history up to the present.
“It must always be borne in mind that Woman’s social superiority lies at the root of rules of conduct for men.” Such is the expectation of male servility toward women detailed in traditional etiquette manuals; evidence that puts a lie to feminist mythology of male dominance.
“Civility is particularly due to all women; and, remember, that no provocation whatsoever can justify any man in not being civil to every woman; and the greatest man would justly be reckoned a brute if he were not civil to the meanest woman. It is due to their sex..” Written a century and a half ago, is this reasoning much different today?
Written over a century ago, pioneer sociologist Lester F. Ward makes a case for where and when romantic love (aka. gynocentrism) arose.
Men’s human right’s activists (MHRAs) frequently debate partisan stances on a variety of topics. But there’s a more commonly-shared goal within the movement. The Ace that trumps partisan positions is the securing of a greater and better range of choices for men and boys.
