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The men's rights movement (MRM) [1] is a branch of the men's movement.The MRM in particular consists of a variety of groups and individuals known as men's rights activists (MRAs) who focus on social issues, such as specific government services, which adversely impact, or in some cases, structurally discriminate against, men and boys.
The fathers' rights movement is a subset of the men's rights movement. [18] [19] [20] Its members are primarily interested in issues related to family law, including child custody and child support that affect fathers and their children. [21] [22] Prominent men's rights activists include Warren Farrell, [17] Herb Goldberg, [17] Richard Doyle ...
Male privilege is the system of advantages or rights that are available to men on the basis of their sex. A man's access to these benefits may vary depending on how closely they match their society's ideal masculine norm .
The manosphere is a varied collection of websites, blogs, and online forums promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism. [1] Communities within the manosphere include men's rights activists (MRAs), [2] incels (involuntary celibates), [3] Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), [4] pick-up artists (PUA), [5] and fathers' rights groups. [6]
Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term patriarchy is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in feminist theory to describe a broader social structure in which men as a group dominate society. [1] [2] [3]
This category contains articles that relate to the men's movement, men's rights, the Responsible Fatherhood movement, fathers' rights, and associated organisations or activists. The main article for this category is Men's rights movement .
Early men's studies scholars studied social construction of masculinity, [12] which the Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell is best known for.. Connell introduced the concept of hegemonic masculinity, describing it as a practice that legitimizes men's dominant position in society and justifies the subordination of the common male population and women, and other marginalized ways of being a man.
The men's liberation movement, as recognized by feminists and gender scholars, developed mostly among heterosexual, middle-class men in Britain and North America as a response to the cultural changes of the 1960s and 1970s, including the growth of the feminist movement, counterculture, women's and gay liberation movements, and the sexual revolution.