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Revision as of 06:12, 9 November 2003 by 203.59.216.134 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Men's Rights began as a recognisable movement in the 1980s (reference needed), largely in response to the women's rights or feminist movement. It aims to address issues of concern to men and to remove institutional and societal discrimination against males.
Those in the Men's rights movement often do not consider themselves to be masculists , and quite often do not subscribe to a recognisable orthodoxy or gender ideology.
Amongst Men's Rights advocates there are a significant number of women, including those in significant positions in the movement. Men's rights advocates are not uniform amongst men either: they include both singularly religious and atheistic individuals, as well as those from the left and right of politics. Supporters of Men's rights include both heterosexuals and homosexuals. Most Men's rights advocates are from western nations, where gender equity has for some time been advocated mainly from a women's perspective.
Some typical issues which the men's rights movement has identified in many western societies are:
- Discrimination against men in family law
- Discrimination against men in areas of procreation
- Legal institutional discrimination against men in employment
- Practices which discriminate against boys in education
- Compulsory military service for males only
The Men's Rights movement has grown and changed in character since the 1980s. Just as the women's rights movement was small and lacked political power during its early beginnings in the 1800s, so the much younger men's rights movement is small and lacking in significant organisation or influence.