The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Men’s Movement in the United States By Jenae Elizalde

1. The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Men’s Movement in the United States By JenaeElizalde

2. Different Men’s Movements • Profeminist • Father’s Rights • Masculinist

3. Profeminist Men’s Movement • A Profeminist refers to a male feminist • Believes men and women are alike in most ways • supports women’s battle for equal treatment in society

4. Profeminist Men’s Movement • Many male feminist feel that social expectations of masculinity force them to repress their feelings. • NOMAS- National Organization for Men Against Sexism • White Ribbon Campaign- WRC

5. NOMAS • Condemns most conventional masculine qualities such as aggression, violence, and emotional insensitivity. • Holds an annual conference • www.nomas.org/

6. White Ribbon Campaign-WRC • Formed in 1991 • Is now the largest men’s antiviolence group in the world • www.whiteribbon.ca/

7. Mentors in Violence Protection • Jackson Katz one of the leaders in men’s efforts to end male violence • Has developed an approach to reducing male violence • Gives workshops all over the world • Trains men in mentoring other men to reject men’s violence

8. Mentors in Violence Protection • Educates men about socialization that links masculinity to aggression and violence • Motivates men to reject violence in themselves and other men

9. Father’s Rights Group • Are angry and hurt that men don’t have at least 50% custody of their children after divorce. • Father’s 4 Justice • American Coalition for Fathers • Fathers and Families • Etc.

10. Father’s 4 Justice • Highest father’s rights group in England. • Two strategies to raise public awareness about custody rights of separated and divorced fathers. • First strategy is to perform dramatic stunts that can attract publicity. • Second strategy is humor that is usually used within the stunts.

11. Masculinist Men’s Movement • Masculinist or promasculinist men, believe men suffer from discrimination because of their sex. • They feel that men need to reclaim their manliness. • main historical strategy of masculinist is to verbally disparage men who define themselves as feminist or who believe that women are entitled to same rights as men.

12. The Men’s Rights Movement • Most conservative branches of men’s movements- men’s right activists. • Goal is to restore traditional roles of men and women • Men’s Right Inc. • National Coalition for Free Men • NOM- National Organization of Men • Free Men

13. The Men’s Rights Movement • Mythopoetic Men • Promise Keepers • Million Man March

14. Free Men • One of the more extreme men’s rights group • Aims to restore men’s pride in being “real men” • “Real Men” mean men who fit traditional macho men stereotype- tough, rugged, invulnerable, and self reliant

15. Mythopoetic Men • Want men to rediscover their roots of masculine thinking and feelings. • Argue that the traditional masculine ideal was positive. • Men need to reclaim courage and aggression

16. Promise Keepers • View reconnection to God’s commandments as the path • Based on Evangelical Christianity • Value strong families and communities • Most are white and middle- or upper-class

17. Million Man March • Occurred in Washington DC October 16, 1995 • Movement for African American men to: • Register to vote • Fight drugs • Recommit themselves to kids and families • Stand against unemployment • Violence • Not a one time event

18. Million Man March Model for Other Groups • Million Woman March • Million Youth March • Million Mom March • Million Family March • Million More Movement • most recent October 2005

19. Men’s Movements • There are more than one type of men’s movements • Ranging from profeminist men’s movements to masculinist men’s movements • Not all men are the same nor do they see things the same • Each organization has come together for a cause that they wish to influence

20. Reference • Wood, J.T. (2009). Gendered lives: Communication, gender, and culture (8th ed.). Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.