History

Race Motherhood: Is Woman The Original Human Race? – by Dora B. Montefiore 1920

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The following, rather long essay was written in 1920 as a recapitulation of the earlier gynocentric theory presented by Lester F. Ward. The theory, which was openly misandric, proved wildly popular among both feminists and laypersons in this early period of the modern era. Several notable men’s human rights activists, including Ernest B. Bax pushed …

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Ernest B. Bax responds to Lester Ward’s ‘Gynocentric Theory’

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The following article titled ‘A Different Interpretation‘ was penned by Ernest Belfort Bax and published in Justice, 18th September 1909, p.10. (letter) * * * DEAR COMRADE, – With reference to Professor Lester Ward’s book reviewed in last week’s “Justice,” and the statements made in it which are apparently regarded by the author as arguments in favour of the …

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Utopianism and Double Standards in Feminist Foremother Mary Wollstonecraft

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  Editor’s note: Following on the heels of Wollstonecraft’s publication of A Vindication Of The Rights of Woman, 33 year old Thomas Taylor published his own reply titled ‘Vindication Of The Rights Of Brutes’ (1792). In the introduction to Taylor’s book we read the following summary: A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes is an …

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

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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)

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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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E.B. Bax: Custody Of Children In The Year 1896

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The following is an excerpt from Bax’s The Legal Subjection of Men (1896)  CUSTODY OF CHILDREN It has always in England been laid down as a fundamental law based on public policy, that the custody of children and their education is a duty incumbent on the father. It is said to be so fundamental that he …

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

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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)

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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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