These men have made a vow to stand beside her and not abandon her, to wholeheartedly be her ally. I'm thinking also of those men whose commitment to feminism draws on their own experience of sexual violence or sexual abuse from other men, perhaps as a child or adolescent. So these men, for their men whose advocacy of feminism derives from other sorts of principled political activism. It was a sexuality that set them apart, whether with women or other men. I'm thinking also of those men whose advocacy of feminism derives from other sorts of principled political activism.
Men can never fully know what it is like to be a woman.
Pro-feminist men share this same diversity, drawing on or influenced by different strands of feminism. Men can never fully know what it is like to be a woman. Pro-feminist men are hopeful about both men's anre is a potential for backlash within the men's movement, a potential for the movement to turn towards the defence of men's privilege and position, and some would say that this has already occurred. Pro-feminist men are hopeful about both men's anchange and we support every man's efforts at positive change. We recognise the need to build close relations and supportive alliances among men, as part of the process of change.