Good guys, bad guys: The perils of men's gender activism.

The article "Good guys, bad guys: The perils of men's gender activism" by Emily Carian explores the dynamics of men's gender activism, focusing on the conflicting roles of men's rights activists (MRAs) and male feminists. Carian argues that both groups often engage in activism for self-serving purposes, perpetuating rather than alleviating gender inequality. Through interviews with 62 men, she reveals how men's defensive reactions to feminist critiques of male privilege lead them to adopt activism as a means of reasserting positive self-concepts. Carian's work sheds light on the complexities of gender activism and challenges conventional social movement scholarship by emphasizing the individual motivations of male gender activists within broader structural contexts. [Extracted from the article]

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