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Carian, Emily K. (2022). "The Inversive Sexism Scale: Endorsement of the Belief That Women Are Privileged". In Carian, E. K.; DiBranco, A.; Ebin, C. (eds.). Male Supremacism in the United States: From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right. London: Routledge. pp.21–47. doi:10.4324/9781003164722-3. ISBN978-1-0005-7622-1.
De Coning, Alexis; Ebin, Chelsea (2022). "Men's Rights Activists, Personal Responsibility, and the End of Welfare". In Carian, E. K.; DiBranco, A.; Ebin, C. (eds.). Male Supremacism in the United States: From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right. London: Routledge. pp.142–163. doi:10.4324/9781003164722-10. ISBN978-1-0005-7622-1.
Rothermel, Ann-Kathrin; Kelly, Megan; Jasser, Greta (2022). "Of Victims, Mass Murder, and 'Real Men': The Masculinities of the 'Manosphere'". In Carian, E. K.; DiBranco, A.; Ebin, C. (eds.). Male Supremacism in the United States: From Patriarchal Traditionalism to Misogynist Incels and the Alt-Right. London: Routledge. pp.117–141. doi:10.4324/9781003164722-9. ISBN978-1-0005-7622-1.
Not done: The source does support the claim in question. Here is a direct quote: "There is a long tradition in which anti-rights movements frame equality for women and LGBTIQ+ people as a threat to so-called “traditional” family values. Movements encompassing “anti-gender”, “gender-critical”, and “men’s rights” have taken this to new extremes, tapping into wider fears about the future of society and accusing feminist and LGBTIQ+ movements of threatening civilization itself." Day Creature (talk) 18:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
This page is skewed towards a very anglophone idea of the movement. The very opening line about the men's movement being diverged from the men's liberation movement in the early 1970s. Makes no sense considering there's many Men's RIghts movements (eg. in India) who do not have anything in common with the Men's liberation movement. LΞVIXIUS💬21:49, 3 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
As of now, the Reception section focuses entirely on scholarly and journalistic criticism of the men's rights movement. I propose adding non-MRM sources that highlight the specific "legitimate and sometimes disturbing complaints about the treatment of men" [SPLC] made by the MRM, perhaps splitting the coverage of the reception into "Criticism" and "Support" subsections. RedrickSchu (talk) 18:20, 2 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
The section needs to summarize what reliable sources say about the men's rights movement, not about the ""legitimate and sometimes disturbing complaints" they make. Criticism sections are also deprecates (see WP:NOCRIT). It sounds like you want to balance this section, which sounds appropriate in theory, but actually per WP:NPOV we need to summarize how the men's right movement is summarized in high quality sources. Overall, these kinds of sources don't have a positive view of the MRM, it seems. If you have some high quality sources about the MRM that have a different viewpoint, then by all means use them to expand the article. --Slp1 (talk) 23:25, 2 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 month ago4 comments4 people in discussion
I've made edits whose primary purpose is to remove the biases I see in this article. I truly support that Wikipedia should be an unbiased place without agendas and anything false.
That said, I ask the fellow editors to see the edited version I proposed, and if you find something genuinely wrong, we can talk about it. Stavru (talk) 16:08, 2 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
You never gave any justification for the removal of the assessment by UN Women. You will need more than your opinion to remove. There needs to be a policy-based reason and I do not see that here. StephenMacky1 (talk) 09:40, 3 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Stavru, you removed about a 1/3 of the article which included many, many references without providing any verification that this content was biased beyond your own personal opinion. And you edit-warred, making this same edit 4 or 5 times despite different editors reverting your edit. This is not how editing on Wikipedia works. You can't remove so much content without establishing consensus first and then proceed to ask other editors to take on the burden of coming to the article talk page and justifying the revert of your improper edits. You have to propose changes and make an argument on why they are better and how the content you want gone is biased. Unless you are making minor edits AND provided an informative edit summary, this should be your next steps to take if you want to work on this contentious article. LizRead!Talk!00:24, 15 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
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Not done: The source does support the claim in question. Here is a direct quote: "There is a long tradition in which anti-rights movements frame equality for women and LGBTIQ+ people as a threat to so-called “traditional” family values. Movements encompassing “anti-gender”, “gender-critical”, and “men’s rights” have taken this to new extremes, tapping into wider fears about the future of society and accusing feminist and LGBTIQ+ movements of threatening civilization itself." Day Creature (talk) 18:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)