I think that the situation men are in today is due in large part to our ever-lessening influence over the next generation, and especially the next generation of fathers. When men embrace the breadwinner role by reflex (even in a time when so many women have re-entered the workforce, able to financially contribute far more to the family than before) -- when men take this role, they lose their bond with their kids. In divorce, this gulf between fathers and kids widens drastically. Political ideologues with influence in state legislatures consider a reform of family law to be untouchable politically, lest they offend the female populace. Men are socialized to observe the situation from this point of view -- the view that is friendly to feminism -- due to the absence of fathers in their lives! And on it goes, each generation even more distant from their fathers than the last.
To put it simply, mens' rights are fathers' rights -- even if you're not a father. When you fight for equal parenting time, family law reform and so on, you are planting a seed for the men's movement. The next generation will be far more connected with their fathers, and see men in a far more positive light than today. The Misandry Generation is an outgrowth of the divorce phenomenon, where fathers are pushed to the periphery of social life (and with fathers, the humanity of men itself).
Want political reform? Stop thinking that you'll achieve anything by getting disjointed and hypercompetitive MRAs to come together and pool their resources for some generalized movement. The broad-based "men's movement" is better at elucidating a message -- which is now easier than ever due to the Internet; but the "men's movement" is simply too weak for broad-based political action. But political action is what's needed, and so I propose a far more focused effort than a broad-based men's movement. Focus on the fathers movement. Focus on planting the next generation of people who reject misandry, a generation who will more often love their fathers, look up to men, and care about the interests of men just as they care about the interests of mothers and women.
To that end, I propose focusing the lion's share of our efforts on Father 4 Justice, which is making major inroads in the United States. The U.S. organization has a tax status that permits it to engage in political lobbying, which I have also highlighted in a previous post as a dire need for our movement. It is well established as an organization, and focused on a single issue. Success is much more likely because of that targeted focus.
