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Men's Liberation - A Place to Discuss Men's Issues With A Focus On Intersectionality
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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I like the idea behind the community but it is a terrible name. Without reading an explanation, most people would assume it was some toxic, misogynistic group. I only know what it refers to because I bothered reading some of the comments here.
I'm sure there are much better names, such as Positive Masculinity for example.
You're right about the assumption... ... But the assumptions are also part of the problem.
Women's liberation doesn't get a second glance at is name, so why can't a men's liberation discussion group enjoy the same?
Also positive masculinity tends to still be rooted in fairly patriarchal ideas of what it means to be a man in ways that liberation from gender roles specifically is not.
Well, you're right, that was my initial assumption upon immediately seeing the name. It also aroused enough of my curiosity to check further though.
The men's liberation movement is a concept going back 50+ years. It would be difficult to change that at this point.
Also r/MensLib is a large, well-known sub with a well-defined remit. If you are going to start something similar on here it would be confusing not to go with a similar name. However, because of its scope, from what I saw, it tended to be a bit alienating to those who didn't toe the party line.
So there is room for a community focused on a broader, looser discussion of the topic (although it'd need strict moderating), like:
Healthy Masculinity? It seems to be the more accepted term, although they can be used interchangeably.
Make it happen! Not a man but would love to see it out there