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Masculism or masculinism refers to the espousal of the rights or needs for men and boys;  sometimes referred to as the opposite of feminism. It teaches sexual equality laws in service primarily for women that have created discrimination against men or boys. Masculism is a movement to empower males within society and to redress the discrimination of men.

Definition The Oxford English Dictionary defines masculism or masculinism, as the "Advocacy of the rights of men; adherence to or promotion of opinions, values, etc., regarded as typical of men; (more generally anti-feminism, machismo). The fundamental claim of "masculist" stems from serious discrimination that is being committed amongst males. Philosopher Ferrel Christensen separate masculinist into two categories, traditionalist and liberal-progressive. The traditionalists hold that inherited gender roles, though ‘discriminatory’ in the neutral sense of treating the sexes differently, have been more or less fair and just to both, because, they believe, the disadvantages faced by males and females have been comparable (at least in this culture, in this century) and because the traditional sex roles represent more or less the optimal division of benefits and burdens, the best arrangement for children and for society as a whole.

History
One of the first movements that aimed towards promoting a better understanding of the forces applied to men within society was the mythopoetic men's movement. The group started gaining attention in the late 1980's and early 1990's. The movement was founded by poet Robert Bly. The Mythopoetics focused on fostering men's personal growth, wholeness and bonding in all male-gatherings. Its believed by the myrthpoetics that young boys have lost their role models for manhood when their father figures began working outside of the home resulting. Mythopoetics urge men to reclaim the ideal manhood that existed prior and during the Middle Ages, which were characteristics such as courage, aggression, and virility.

As of January 2018, the word masculinities had more than145,000 hits in Google Scholar and roughly 2.23 million hits in Google proper. At least 65 academic books in English have the word masculinities in their title.

Men's Rights Groups
One of the most popular male feminist organizations is NOMAS. NOMAS is an organization that works towards expanding men's awareness in ways which their emotional development has been misguided due to toxic masculinity and to guide men in becoming more expressive. NOMAS promotes a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men's lives, and to work on several other social issues such as religion, age, etc.

Amongst the most conservative men's groups are Men's Rights Activists. Their goal is to restore traditional roles of men and women.

One of the more extreme men's rights groups is Free Men. Free man is a small group that aims to restore men's pride in being "real men", who are tough, rugged, invulnerable and self-reliant.