The “feminism includes men” myth
Feminism can help men. That is not the disputed point. The 1966 NOW Statement of Purpose explicitly rejected the model in which the man alone must support the family.
But the ability to help is not the same as political priority.
Male problems too often become legitimate only after translation into someone else’s benefit: fathers matter to children; healthy men matter to families; boys should be helped for their future partners.
The masculist position begins one step earlier: a man has value in his own right.
His life, health, freedom, fatherhood, education, and safety do not need to be justified through their usefulness to women.
Look at how the problem is framed.
If male mortality appears only as the loss of a provider, fatherhood only as a resource for children, and men’s health only as a condition of women’s well-being, the man is still not an independent subject of policy.