Men’s Silence Is Fueling a National Crisis of Violence Against Women

One way to understand—and change—that system is to look at the often-overlooked work of feminist men. For more than half a century, in the United States, Canada and beyond, these men have challenged sexism and male violence, working to transform masculinity from dominance toward accountability and care.

Emerging after women’s consciousness-raising movements of the 1970s, this work continues today through organizations such as MenEngage Alliance, Equimundo, MVP Strategies, Next Gen Men and A Call to Men, among many others. Yet their efforts remain largely invisible in mainstream media, which prefers the spectacle of abuse over the substance of change.

There’s something deeply wrong with a media ecosystem that amplifies the “manosphere” while ignoring decades of profeminist, antisexist men’s work. Why haven’t any MS NOW’s hosts—many of whom recently began regularly invoking the “manosphere”—ever meaningfully covered men working for gender justice?

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