Seven days until liftoff...

richard ford · Apr 05, 2005, 02:56 AM

Or six if you live in Bletchley...

It is now seven days until the formation of the Manlkind London group. A similar group will be formed to cover the east of England the previous day.

I would ask you all to do something towards making this a sucess.

a) If you are in the UK but not local to either group then please join Mankind at the national level http://www.mankind.org.uk. Start saving your postage stamps as well as we can turn them to cash.

b) If you are (more or less) near a local group then please make yourself known to the office.

c) If you are in a country with no such organization then consider creating one.

From the 12th I hope to be able to call Mankind a national organization for the first time.

Tora Tora Tora!!!

blackmanx · Apr 05, 2005, 06:38 PM

I look forward to hearing about the group. It gives me hope. I continue to hand out the flyers by the way. The response from most men and women has been positive. It's a really good thing and lends me the courage to continue to do it. I go to school five days a week and I'm never without any flyers in my backpack. I hand them out everywhere I go. I wish there was a Mankind Initiative-like group in Boston. I'd join it. Oh, well. I might have to start one. Peace.

richard ford · Apr 07, 2005, 01:12 PM

First, please visit the website as I suggest in most posts. This will answer any questions you may have. www.mankind.org.uk

Second. If you wonder why we are not involved in issues x, y or z then ask yourself what you are doing about these issues.

If you do nothing then who will do if for you?

I hope this is not too harsh.

blackmanx · Apr 07, 2005, 05:48 PM

This is not harsh at all. Just today, I gave a flyer to an older African woman. Her name was Monique. The flyer had information aimed at helping male victims of domestic violence. It had the web addresses you might know such as www.mediaradar.org , www.safe4all.org and www.batteredmenshelpline.org. This lady was very grateful. She asked me for two more sheets that she would give to some male friends of hers. She even gave me a peck on the cheek before she left the bus. Now I KNOW what I do is the right thing, lol !

There's a chapter of NCFM (National Coalition of Free Men) which I consider joining. I've spoken to a member of it. He's originally from Liverpool. He and some friends of h's are thinking about starting a Men's Political Awareness group right here in Boston. I want to help and I will, when the time comes. Continue to spread the word, mate. It's the only way to get results. Good luck !

Buddy-Rey · Apr 07, 2005, 11:33 PM

Once again, I'd love to start a group of my own, but for some people, it really is easier said than done. What are you supposed to do if you live in a crap town with no friends, no political connections, and no sympathetic press? I wish to god that I had the means to do this, but it's virtually impossible. Maybe if I had gone to college like some of you guys, I would have had the chance to get together with other MRA's, but unfortunately, that ship has sailed.

richard ford · Apr 08, 2005, 01:29 PM

Buddy,

You may find that it is easier to get something going than you imagen - you will probably have to start very small hovever and take a long term view.

Buy a few mens rights books. I have a link from my own site as does Darren in www.cooltools4men.com. As you read them you may think of other people who should too.

Do not be too pushy. Just say you have read an interesting book and lend it to them.

I do not know your age but you will meet more and more wounded men as you get older. It is (unfortunately) not hard to find them. Invite one or more to a social outing and just discuss life. This will inevitably involve some of the issues didcussed here.

Congratulations! You have just formed a men's group!!!

Do not worry about a lack of education. When it comes to gender issues this makes you stupid, not wise. I myself an a 42yo security guard.

Men do not like joining organizations unless they really understand what they are joining. Nobody knows what a men's rights group is right now so nobody will join one!

They will be very happy to talk to a man who understands their problems though. Just be a friend and be yourself.

blackmanx · Apr 10, 2005, 07:27 AM

I've heard your words, sir. They make sense. Maybe I will start a Men's group soon. The meeting place might have to be my own basement for the moment, lol. I've talked to a lot of my young male friends who are my own age (18-22 years old) and we have a lot of the same beliefs about men's rights and position in this world. We need to help our fathers. They need us. Also, we need to help our fellow men because I can see it rapidly becoming US
versus THEM when it comes to gender politics. I have met a few men who were on the feminist side of gender issues and I found them to be morons and let them know it. I also told them that if they found themselves falsely accused of any crime by a woman, their feminist friends would turn on them and crucify them. THAT made
them think. I love placing the seed of doubt in the mind of pro-feminist men. I find them to be more disgusting than the man-hating feminists themselves.