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  Masculism - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Masculism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on the experiences of men.
Masculism is viewed by its proponents as ideologically analogous to feminism.
While some expressions of masculism are built around the general belief that differentiated gender roles are natural and should be exempt from government interference, this is by no means universal amongst masculists.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/a/s/Masculism.html   (2475 words)

  
 Masculism
Masculism is a movement and an ideology that considers the sexes complementary and interdependent by necessity; masculists generally believe that the expression of differentiated sex roles is natural and should be exempt from government interference.
Masculism is the ideological flip side of feminism, as was capitalism and communism in the economic realm.
The term "masculism" may be used interchangeably with "men's rights movement", but conservatives in the men's rights movement often reserve the term "masculism" for the liberal branch of the movement (as epitomized by author Warren Farrell).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Masculist.html   (1051 words)

  
 Masculism :: Web Articles ::
Masculism is viewed by its protagonists as ideologically analogous to feminism.
Some adherents of masculism, but not all, claim it is an attempt to counter ideology with ideology and in that manner create a "New Patriarchy." Some claim that, despite these differences, there is seemingly no conflict in goals within the majority of their movement, only in liberal-conservative dynamics.
Masculism and father's rights have edged further into mainstream thinking with various Western governments reviewing laws on child custody after divorce, the legality of circumcision on male infants, child support guidelines etc. The Internet has helped groups network together and frequent campaigns and demonstrations are attracting media attention, especially on father's rights.
www.webarticles.com /Health/Men/Masculism   (2336 words)

  
 Masculism Encyclopedia Article @ Involuntarily.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Masculism (also referred to as "masculinism") is a number of ideologies found in the streams of the men's movement.
Masculism is viewed by its proponents as being an egalitarian view of gender issues, with the focus on men's experience.
Liberals tend to view masculism as a complementary movement to feminism, the so-called "New Masculinity." Both feminism and masculism are seen as attempts to correct disadvantages induced by gender roles.
www.involuntarily.org /encyclopedia/Masculism   (2743 words)

  
 The Masculist Trinity
Masculism promotes the psychological interests of men, meaning that men's masculine nature is encouraged to be studied, expressed, and for society to make the necessary adjustments for men to live full masculine lives.
Masculism endorses remedial use of social programs and governemnt policies to correct the civil rights and economic injustices to men under thirty years of feminism.
A primary goal of Masculism is to repeal all laws mandating sexual equality, which will also eliminate the corrosive effects of feminist advocacy on the population.
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 Masculism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Masculism is considered by some to describe the belief that the male and female genders should be consideredcomplementary and interdependent by necessity.
While some expressions of masculism are built around the general belief that differentiated gender roles are natural and should be exempt from government interference,this is by no means universal amongst masculists.
Masculism and father's rights have edged further into mainstream thinking with various Western governments reviewing laws onchild custody after divorce, the legality of circumcision on male infants, child support guidelines etc. The Internet has helpedgroups network together and frequent campaigns and demonstrations are attracting media attention, especially on father'srights.
www.therfcc.org /masculism-4750.html   (1897 words)

  
 Masculism information - Search.com
Masculism (also referred to as "masculinism") is a number of ideologies found in the streams of the men's movement that are either antifeminist or very critical of extreme feminism.
Masculism is viewed by its proponents as being an egalitarian view of gender issues, with the focus on men's experience.
Liberals tend to view masculism as a complementary movement to feminism, the so-called "New Masculinity." Both feminism and masculism are seen as attempts to correct disadvantages induced by gender roles.
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 Masculism: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Masculism is the ideological flip side of feminism, as was capitalism and...
See also: masculism 861 1861 he studied at Tübingen under FC Baur ; and afterwards in...
Most masculists note that father custody is assigned less often than mother custody, and argue that this should be made equal or even reversed.
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 Encyclopedia
Masculism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on the experiences of men.
While generally providing a critique of social relations, many proponents of masculism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of men's rights, interests, and issues.
Masculism is viewed by its protagonists as ideologically analogous to feminism.
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 masculinist
Masculism is an ideology in the men's movement consisting of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies primarily based on the experiences of men.
Masculism is viewed by its proponents as ideologically analogous to feminism and by its opponents as misogyny.
Critics of masculism interpret what masculists term male powerlessness as consequences of male power that has always required men to equate masculinity with machismo and male-male competition and control based on class.
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 Reason magazine -- November 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Young suggests that masculism is merely an attempt to "outshout and out-whine" feminism and that "the ultimate lesson we have still to learn is that most gender issues are women's and men's issues (her emphasis).
If masculism means that both women and men should be free to make life choices based on their individual abilities and preferences rather than gender, that is indeed my philosophy.
Yes, men can be subjected to burdensome expectations; but if the philosophy of masculism is that being expected to be strong, logical, active, and independent is just as crippling as being expected to be weak, passive, illogical, and dependent, it is not a philosophy I would embrace.
www.reason.com /9411/letters.shtml   (1933 words)

  
 Amazon.com: masculism: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Masculism and modernism are still making effective use of nameless, faceless,...
The virulent masculism and homophobia beneath claims to an "authentic" flness perpetuate a...
The Rocky-Rambo syndrome, however, puts on display the raw masculism which is at the bottom of conservative socialization and ideology.
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 LiveWire Teen Forums & College Forums - Masculism
The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femalenessgender roles are natural and should be exempt from government interference, this is by no means universal amongst masculists.
That's the introduction to an essay on Masculism from the absoluteastronomy encyclopaedia.
Masculism, the movement often associated with the patriarchy and oppression may have more to it than is often thought.
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 Jonathan's Corner: The Patriarchy We Object To
(People can't stop breathing their air, whatever culture they're in.) For one example of this, masculism assumed that anything in the tradition was womanish and therefore unfit for men, and feminism inherited a basic approach from masculism when it assumed that anything in tradition was patriarchal and therefore unfit for women.
Orthodoxy has been affected by masculism to some degree, but it's trying to preserve the Orthodox faith, where feminism has been shaped by masculism to a much greater degree and is trying to rebel against the air its members breathe.
That may have truth as regards masculism, but Orthodoxy is the property of both men and women (and boys and girls), and it is a gross mischaracterization to only look at the people who hold positions of power.
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 ifeminists.com > editorial > Scrapping NOW: Time to Redefine Feminism
Because the only feminism, the only masculism that makes sense is one that destroys the legal barriers of privilege and discrimination that separate the sexes.
We must return to a society that judges individuals on their merits, not biology...that weighs issues such as custody and domestic violence on the basis of evidence not gender....we must all become human beings together.
And the main challenge confronting both masculism and the new feminism is to sweep away these institutions so that there is a clear field on which to construct a gender-blind system that deals with people as human beings, not men or women.
www.ifeminists.net /introduction/editorials/2002/0625b.html   (3854 words)

  
 Jeff Seeman: The Backlash!
Masculism is far from having gained any real legitimacy; the vast majority of Americans still don't even know what the word means.
And as this awareness grows, we in the movement will increasingly meet resistance, as those with rigid minds and limited vision, indoctrinated into the feminist orthodoxy of the past quarter century, are bound to feel threatened by the influx of radical new ideas.
This points to the biggest difference between feminism and masculism and the reason why it isn't reasonable to paint them with the same brush: unlike feminism, masculsim is not about blaming the other gender.
www.backlash.com /content/gender/1995/2-feb95/page8.html   (2173 words)

  
 Reason magazine -- July 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Unfortunately, masculism also has a tendency to adopt the less constructive traits and tactics of modern feminism, including polarizing rhetoric, exaggerated claims of victimization as the basis of political demands, and the tailoring of facts to fit ideology.
Kammer says the prison metaphor is simply a dramatic way to make a valid point: Men often fail to see their problems as related to gender bias because they have been taught that they are the powerful sex.
One way to escape what can become a vicious cycle of masculism and feminism trying to outshout and out-whine each other is for men's activists to focus on specific issues, particularly disparities in the legal or social treatment of women and men.
reason.com /9407/fe.young.9407.html   (4089 words)

  
 Learn more about Masculism in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Learn more about Masculism in the online encyclopedia.
Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
Recent opposition to masculism includes statements in a government-funded $75,000 report requested by Status of Women Canada, a department of the Canadian federal government.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /m/ma/masculism.html   (2049 words)

  
 Ambrosia Software Web Board > Let us get rid of the useless laws
Masculism would then be the way back to freedom and maybe survival.
Masculism is simply a collective way to oppose feminism in a rationally while using the same ideological tools and support available to the feminist opposition.
The diference is that masculism would confront it directly and rationally instead of the usual bull**** we have seen in the past.
www.ambrosiasw.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t41718.html   (5939 words)

  
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The name "talk.masculism" is intended to attract and stimulate theoretical discussion of the theory of Men's Rights (masculism), as a counterweight to feminism.
The word "masculism" itself is abstract, and embodies a claim to at least equal theoretical status with feminism.
The word "Masculism" itself is theoretical in appearance, and embodies a claim to at least equal theoretical status with Feminism.
www.faqs.org /ftp/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/talk/talk.masculism   (2740 words)

  
 What is Men's Rights About ? - New Zealand Equality Education Foundation
This information and these stereotypes, in the West, are largely under the control of Hollywood, the mass media, the education sector, and the bureaucracies - which are all strongly influenced by Feminist ideology, if not actually female-dominated.
The term "Masculism" (aka "Masculinism" or "Virism") may be used interchangeably with "Men's Rights", but conservatives in the Men's Rights scene often reserve the term "Masculism" for the liberal branch of the Men's Rights movement (as epitomised by ex-Feminist author Warren Farrell).
Liberal Masculists (such as Farrell or Rod van Mechelen) take the position that Feminist aspirations to gender equality should be taken at face value, and men made equal to women in those areas where women are over-privileged.
members.tripod.com /peterzohrab/mensrits.html   (448 words)

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