Indeed, it is encouragement for us to turn up the volume. Not all of us are the same, however. No wonder you find owning class people at the root of frantic, often meaningless, charity work. Yet the men's movement has offered a way out of the vicious circle for many of us. Men have long been blamed for the oppression of women through perpetuating the over arching structure of patriarchy.
Conditioning is viewed only as a reason, never as an excuse.
By not writing men off, by refusing to blame us, by helping us to heal, men have been able to work alongside women towards the liberation of women. The owning class is safe as long as we can keep the other groups apart and divided within those groups. Feminism, which has retained a class critique as one of its major components, has recognised the benefits of insights from a pluralist movement. By including all women under their banner, they have included the thoughts and insights of their entire membership. This is in direct contrast to a predominantly middle class men's movement.