This article is the long version (with development of resistance Masculinism in France and Quebec) of the article published in the May issue of Monthly Alternative libertarian. We met Melissa Blais, feminist activist, a doctoral student in sociology at UQAM and professional research at the Institute for Women's Studies and Research (Iref), member of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on anti-feminism (Giraf). ---- Misogyny, machismo, virility, but less is known masculinism. What is the specificity of this movement? In particular, can you tell us how did this movement, he "claims" and how it is today? ---- Melissa Blais: As noted historian Christine Bard about anti-feminism, unlike including misogyny (hatred of women) or machismo (male superiority), which are common behaviors, masculinism is a form of anti-feminism that - feeding at the same misogyny - dovetails with feminist struggles to contest the claims, the scope and projects of social transformation. In this sense, masculinism is organized and maintains a ratio of mimetic opposition (recovery / reversal) with feminism that is said about the "second wave". In other words, masculinist activists argue that men are victims of women and feminism, reflected in their statistics on suicide among men. In order to take feminism, they recover both the feminist term (patriarchy into matriarchy, for example), the modes of organizations (organizational-sex and groups of consciousness), and sometimes same color (purple) and the names of organizations. Even if we find elements of masculinist discourse in the history of France, for example, is this idea that masculinity is in 'crisis' because of excessive feminization of society, organized Masculinism grows more during the 1980s, at least in Europe (Britain, France, etc..) North America (U.S., Canada) and Australia with the increasing fathers' groups and groups of "conscience" for men. Taking Quebec as an example (since it is the province of Canada that I know best), it is observed that arises Masculinism initiatives allies feminist men (pro-feminist) during the 1980s. Initially, profeminists regrouped to reflect the dominant masculinity. A split appears fairly quickly between groups of men who are thinking about gender relations from the perspective of women, that is to say between those who thought the domination and exploitation of women by men and those think about masculinity in and of itself, that is to say, a disembodied masculinity that exists without these social relations. Slip once operated opened the door to the current discourse on the "crisis of masculinity." A crisis caused by the feminists who would have gone too far and women who, thanks to feminists now impose a so-called culture of femininity including the labor market. Can more easily be described as anti-feminist, other organizations appear in the 90s and 2000, more precisely when government actions remind fathers that they must pay their child support. In general, active masculinist organizations now demand more rights for fathers and more resources for men. They essentially structured around three types of organizations are 1) groups of father, 2) support groups for violent men and abused and 3 men) groups aware of psychoanalytic trend. At first glance, their claims appear legitimate and consistent with some feminist claims. The research work is precisely to analyze the arguments accompanying claims and their speech because in these claims are hidden political objectives aimed at strengthening the male privilege. Thus, we must be careful and attentive, because the way a racist person does not say "I'm a racist" anti-feminist who identify themselves as such are rather small minority. As I said earlier, the whole job is to analyze the content of the websites of groups father and literature on masculinity to see them more closely. One black episodes associated with this movement is the Montreal Massacre in 1989. Can you tell us the facts? The killer must be attached to it "masculinism organized", and vice versa masculinist they theorize the use of violence as a mode of action? Melissa Blais: I want to clarify that masculinism masculinist intellectuals organized and provide rhetorical arguments to those who without being masculinist militants resume to better attack the feminists. I think here as to leftist intellectuals, political women, and anarchists. In this sense, the concepts of "left" and "right" too often limited our understanding of anti-feminism. About the killer Polytechnique Montreal (December 6, 1989), found no source does not allow me to say that in a masculinist activist organization. He had on him however a suicide when he entered the ?cole Polytechnique, armed with a semi-automatic weapon that respect only women he murdered 14 women before taking his own life. During his political assassination, he also separated men from women within a class and before pulling the women he said, "I hate feminists." In his suicide note, he expressed his motivation he calls himself our policies. He borrows the same argumentative logic that masculinist even said that feminists "have always ruined his life." This event deeply affected the Quebec feminist movement. Since then, feminist organizing an annual commemoration in memory of the 14 women, the opportunity to denounce violence against women. Conversely, anti-feminist looking year after year are to depoliticize the crime by saying that it is an act of madness or make the killer a hero. Reduce the scope of the action to the mental health of the killer is the most common rhetorical strategy. It is anti-feminist in that, in doing so, these carriers speech accuse feminists have recovered the act of a madman to draw attention to a false problem (violence against women) and capture funds for public organizations fighting against male violence. Anti-feminists who seek to transform the hero killers are much more marginal. Although the phenomenon appears marginal, it seems worrying, because men incite violence and murder against feminists (and women identified as feminist). I have a lot to say about the masculinist reflections concerning men's violence against women and not only in terms of means of action. Unfortunately, I will limit my remarks. I just want to emphasize that some masculinist justify the use of male violence as part of the "natural" reactions of men in conflict. Others say that in some cases, it is "self-defense" on the part of men treated unfairly by the family courts. Some even use violence threatening feminists. In France recently, several private fathers custody and visitation of their children, and also convicted of "subtraction child" or violence, made a sudden burst of media by climbing cranes to publicize the " Because dads "and denounce systematically favorable to mothers justice. But this action and discourse that accompanies it, are they not to bring certain actions "fathers for justice" in Quebec? What is the role of the 'fathers' sakes "and this type of action in the masculinist strategy and should we see a coordinated international strategy? Melissa Blais: I'll answer largely in answer to the first question. There already in Quebec forms of organized resistance to the masculinism (both theoretically and in practical terms), and have they worked? Melissa Blais: Yes, there was and there still. Recently, say since 2005, different resistances have emerged. Occasional struggles like the antimasculiniste coalition in 2004, 2005 was held to counter the Word Congress of Men in Montreal. This coalition is intended to be temporary. During the year of mobilization, it also raises awareness in anarchist circles and students, product brochures, developed various workshops in parallel to the conference, including workshops on lesbophobia the masculinist discourse. Some feminist organizations have made ??a priority area Masculinism struggle. They conducted workshops on balancing domestic violence and training they provide in the feminist popular education and education environments. Research has been carried out, including the study of anti-feminist attacks designed to better document the actions that target movement organizations and their effects on women's. All, besides the collective work of masculinism in Quebec By cons, to analyze the results of these activist practices I should conduct a study on the subject. The little I can say in terms of results is that with these mobilizations feminists know and recognize. They are also more numerous in France to recognize their speech and thus be able to replicate when needed. They managed to counter a number of masculinist projects, including a project to transform a feminist government Council, Council for Equality. This would have allowed them to obtain resources and expand their space vehicle speeches, spaces are treated symmetrically relations between men and women. If I compare Quebec to France is that since I'm in France, in March, I observed that research is carried out here just to cross the walls of the ivory tower academic. I feel that the researchers and scientists fail to be heard. Perhaps another aspect of the problem is the lack of work "public" on the subject. In short, I was told that there is no research here or that the phenomenon does not exist in France, which is false. Research exists and masculinist are active. The mainstream media have suggested that the action of "men crane" is the time X on day 1 of the appearance of masculinism in France. It would be fair to say that masculinism began to be widely publicized with the action of men to the crane. Masculinism existed before this action, it is enough to learn a little. Besides militant groups like Stop Masculinism existed before February 2013. This has produced a brochure and continues his excellent work in education. I think some feminist organizations in France are also trying to establish a balance of power. However, it seems important to increase efforts in France to prevent it from spreading.
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dinsdag 14 mei 2013
(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #228 - Melissa Blais: "The political objectives aimed at strengthening the male privilege" (fr)
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