The Men's Movement: Substance and significance for mainstream men.

Abstract

The men's movement has a breadth and significance for mainstream men, too little evidenced. This paper provides a historical review of the men's movement and presents implications for mainstream men. Four themes in the men's movement are identified: 1) men adopting a feminist philosophy, 2) fathers with equal rights interest in divorce, 3) men supportive of gay rights, and 4) mythopoetic men. Implications for mainstream men and emotional health are considered for each theme within the Men's Movement. Finally, it is argued that each time a man struggles to balance his work with his family, his anger with his pain and his power with his care, he is an active participant in the men's movement.Mention the phrase, "The Men's Movement" and two types of responses are common. One response is naivete, "The what?" The other response is critical, "Men's Movement -yea right." The Men's Movement has received a considerable amount of negative press at large, yet this movement has a substantial historical breadth and significance for main-This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

Fatherhood as a growth experience: Expanding humanistic theories of paternity.

“…It may be just this type of denial, which has in many ways lead the contemporary men's movement to overlook the centrality of fathering in male development. This is particularly true for what has been frequently referred to as the mythopoetic men's movement, a move-ment which purports to help men develop healthy masculine identities and freedom from restricted gender roles (Tillitski, 1995).…”