ial conditioning as leading to male misbehavior which, in turn, leads to most family conflict. Despite that fact that the Mythopoetic Men's Movement and the Feminists Men's Movement talk a lot about racial inclusiveness, the Christian Men's Movement is the only one of these groups that has successfully included large numbers of minorities in its membership and leadership. Contrary to the Women's Movement, the emergence and development of the Men's Movement in America and Canada have not been symmetrical. The Men's Movement first emerged in America in the mid 1970's with the publication of The Liberated Man Farrell, by Warren in 1974. Farrell was a feminist, and in his book he talked about women's liberation and how it could help men, how masculinity is defined, and how to go about setting up men's consciousness-raising groups. From that booked emerged the creation of men's groups such as the Men's Awareness Network and the National Organization of Changing Men, and later the whole network of men's groups that today, make up the men's movement, the newest of those being the Christian Men's Movement. Though these books did have an impact on men in Canada, the actual mobilization of men's groups did not occur till much later into the mid 1980's. Some of the first men's groups to emerge where groups as compliments to feminist groups, such as Men Working to End Sexism (Montreal). These provided an outlet for men to gather and focus not only on 'women's issues', but also the ability to look at 'men's issues', such as fatherhood, male role models and sexism towards women and men. These groups were followed by father's rights groups, such as FACT ( Fathers Are Capable Too- Toronto) and the Toronto Resource Center. Some of these groups emerged because of genuine concern for the role of fatherhood and the lacking father figures in our children's lives. However, with strong support from such groups in America and other countries...
