What the hell are mens issues anyway?
This may surprise many readers, but during the mid to late 1980’s and for most of the 1990’s there was a movement across America, Canada and much of Europe known as the Men’s Movement. I remember it because I was very active in it. It was largely a response (rather than a reaction) to the Women’s movement of the same time period and was largely supportive of it but far less vocal. Unlike the women’s movement which had a fierce political agenda of equality and recognition, the men’s movement was unled and issue fractured. It had many branches that spoke to many different issues such as custodial rights, parenting, addiction, abuse, friendship, veterans affairs, issues of male disability, spirituality, parenting, age discrimination, violence, prison reform, rites of passage, gay issues, step-parenting, health issues, career issues, and many more. Far and away the most popular format for addressing these issues came from the academic arena and became known as the “Mythopoetic” movement. I
