Men's movement

[1] Men's movement activists who are sympathetic to feminist standpoints have been greatly concerned with deconstructing male identity and masculinity.

The fear of being seen as gay prevents boys and men from questioning and ultimately abandoning traditional masculinity.

Men have a vital role to play in the transformation of gender relations begun by feminism and the women's movements.

It revolved around the bi annual magazine, Achilles Heel and aimed "to challenge traditional forms of masculinity and male power and support the creation of alternative social structures and personal ways of being.

"[9] "Feminist campaigns such as #MeToo have prompted large numbers of men to reflect on their own sexual and social relations with women, although there is pushback and backlash too.

[10] In more recent decades following the beginning of the profeminist men's movement in the United States, similar and interconnected initiatives have been organized internationally.

[11] In 2004, a number of leaders involved with engaging men and boys in gender justice around the world came together to form the global organization MenEngage.

[12] Significant profeminist writers include David Tacey and Raewyn Connell,[13] Robert Jensen, Jackson Katz,[14] and Don Edgar.

[21][22] Prominent men's rights activists include Warren Farrell,[17] Herb Goldberg,[17] Richard Doyle,[23] and Asa Baber.

[26] The mythopoetic men's movement is based on spiritual perspectives derived from psychoanalysis, and especially the work of Carl Jung.

Robert Bly, a leading mythopoetic, has criticized "soft men" and argued that boys must be initiated into manhood in order to possess "Zeus energy", which according to Bly is "male authority" that "encompasses intelligence, robust health, compassionate decisiveness, good will, generous leadership".

Masculinity is seen to include deep unconscious patterns and archetypes that are revealed through myth, story and ritual, as supported by theories drawn from analytical or "depth" psychology.