nada, who act independent of each other, and lack any kind of coordination. To begin with, there is the Mythopoetic Men's Movement which traces it routes back to Robert Bly, and Michael Mead, the so called fathers of the men's movement. They focus primarily on men's inner work, emotional recovery, working through grief issues, and anger management. They are most popularly known for their King and Warrior "Theme Weekends", which encourage the men to get back to nature, where it all began. They are apolitical, although you'll find a lot of the agenda of the non-Marxist left mixed in. (Kimmel, 89-91) They are also somewhat critical of 'traditional' male roles, but generally open to the idea that there exists different roles for men and women. They are tolerant towards homosexuality, but gay issues are not a central focus. Next is the Feminist Men's Movement, which has it routes from authors such as John Stolenberg. These groups are much more political, and can be identified with the more militant end of feminism. Some of their political action areas include gay rights, anti-military, and anti-rape. They see gender completely as a social construct, opposing 'traditional' societal gender-roles, or any gender roles at all. In addition they see male violence as the result of bad training or role-conditioning by society. Generally, they see men as oppressors, but sometimes see men as oppressed by traditional gender conditioning. As a result of it's strong antipathy to the traditional family this generally puts them in opposition to fathers rights groups. Finally, they maintain very negative view of Christianity and religion in general. Next are the Fathers Rights groups. These groups were based primarily around issues of single and divorced fathers, their problems with court bias, and the divorce industry. Recently, a growing interest in the social issue of fatherless families has also emerged. They also maintain ...
