By : As part of the filming process for The Sarkeesian Effect, Jordan Owen and I attended the Kennesaw State University’s Men’s conference, Male Students in Peril, in November—and to be honest, I was mildly skeptical going in.
The split between the manosphere and the Men’s Human Rights Movement
(MHRM) occurred several years ago, and while I haven’t held the same
level of vitriol for A Voice for Men (AVfM) as others within the
manosphere, I’ve remained generally skeptical. I’ve been supportive of
them in our mutual fight against the social justice/feminist left, but
for the most part I haven’t been keeping up on their activities.
After what I saw at the Male Students in Peril conference, I should have been.
Before we get into that, however, it’s worth revisiting where this split came from—not to rehash the past but to re-examine it through the eyes of a historian.
The split between the manosphere and the Men’s Human Rights Movement
(MHRM) occurred several years ago, and while I haven’t held the same
level of vitriol for A Voice for Men (AVfM) as others within the
manosphere, I’ve remained generally skeptical. I’ve been supportive of
them in our mutual fight against the social justice/feminist left, but
for the most part I haven’t been keeping up on their activities.After what I saw at the Male Students in Peril conference, I should have been.
Before we get into that, however, it’s worth revisiting where this split came from—not to rehash the past but to re-examine it through the eyes of a historian.
