The excellent Men's Network have now announced the agenda of the first UK's first National Conference for Men and Boys and it looks great.
Turning up to the conference to hear and take in part of these debate is important but there is another clear reason to attend.
If we are all really serious about ensuring that men and boys are treated equally and that we want to take forward the argument and put on the political agenda, then attending this conference is a must.
One of the reasons anti-male feminist groups have been so successful is that they are better organised and have larger numbers of committed people. We need to learn from this.
The Men's Network has done superb work in Brighton and Hove to actually take the debate and the arguments forward in a rational way to the authorities. This national conference takes that a stage further and it is vital to us all that this conference succeeds and becomes the first of many.
Please attend, it really does matter.
Posted by Skimmington
So is this like NAMBLA?
Posted by: Somethingawful | Sunday, 02 October 2011 at 04:01
In response to the question "Is this like NAMBLA?"
The National Conference for Men and Boys aims to be the biggest gathering of people committed to improving the lives of men and boys ever seen in the UK and focusses on issues like improving men's health, improving boys' educational performance, supporting fathers to be more involved in their children's lives etc
NAMBLA, according to WIkipedia, is the North American Man/Boy Love Association described by Wikipedia as "a pedophile and pederasty advocacy organization in the United States that works to abolish age of consent laws criminalizing adult sexual involvement with minors"
Posted by: Glen Poole | Monday, 03 October 2011 at 14:24
I trust the first National Conference for Men & Boys will be a tremendous success - greater than that of Parity
http://www.parity-uk.org/
Alas, I am unable to attend but, I understand, Parity's Chairman, will be one of the speakers...
Posted by: JOHN TAYLOR | Sunday, 23 October 2011 at 09:59