What is a profeminist men's movement ?  
PROFEMISTIMIEHET - Profeminist Men 

What is a profeminist men's movement ?

bert.bjarland@nokia.com March 2000

Profeminism means support for feminism, ie active support  for a feminist struggle for a gender equal society, for  a society providing equal opportunities for men & women.

A profeminist men's movement then is a movement of men  actively supporting feminism, listening to & learning from  women but also using whatever power they have as men to  make their contribution in the struggle for a society  providing equal opportunities for men & women.

A profeminist men's movement is not an anti-men movement  but is aware of the need to deconstruct male gender & male  heterosexual hegemony & dominance in order to achieve its  goals. It also acknowledges the conflict between  deconstructing and using male power and hence must be very  sensitive in using power to promote equality.

A profeminist men's movement addresses all men, without  trying to please men and without trying to please women.  It is by necessity an avant-garde but not an elitist  movement. It wants to convince and show men that men also  benefit from equality.

Examples of profeminist men's movements are - anti-sexist men & men against sexual discrimination    & sexual harassment  - men fighting domestic violence (eg the White Ribbon    Campaign)  - men working for a gender-equal society (eg to support &    change attitudes to paternal leave)  - part of the gay movement (SeTa)  - some fathers' rights groups 

Members of a profeminist men's movement may, on a personal  level, experience conflicts between deconstructing male  gender and being a man, ie acting a man's role.

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Men Profeminist Network: http://www.europrofem.org 

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(Men!! Take a position in front of Lasipalatsi on 8.4.00)

(Silent demonstration against structural inequality and men’s violence against women)

Men continue to ignore structural inequality and violence against women.