Men make up the majority of suicide and opioid deaths in Canada. It’s remarkable that a movement about independence and finding a way to be comfortable with one’s masculinity is being cast as some sort of far-right scourge. Maybe it’s childish or maybe it’s completely rational, but either way, it’s not “anti-woman” to choose to be alone. Which is like saying it’s murderous and violent for women to swear off dating men. Of course, it isn’t necessarily misogynistic to criticize feminism (it has plenty of flaws, and survey data shows it’s falling out of favour with younger progressives and conservatives alike).Īnother Liberal MP, Jennifer O’Connell, said Poilievre had been trying to “connect with and target incel, right-wing, anti-women, violent rhetoric for their own personal and political gain” - people, she said, who promote the murder of single women.
Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen characterized the movement as misogynistic, anti-feminist and predominantly male. Members of Parliament admonished the MGTOW tag as if it were literal violence. That’s what happened in the House of Commons after the Global story was published, though. It’s unfair and divisive to paint a large group as violent criminals because of an extreme few. But lumping MGTOW in with male terrorists would be like criticizing all Muslims because Islamic groups make up the majority of listed terrorist entities in Canada. It demonizes criticism of the feminist movement as being anti-woman and appears to have taken isolated examples of violence to paint a fairly moderate group as a bunch of extremists.Ĭanadian intelligence officials have warned that extreme misogyny can constitute a national security threat. The Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC) says that MGTOW is a men’s movement that espouses the hateful ideology of “male supremacy.” The SPLC is a left-wing advocacy organization geared towards social justice and hate group monitoring. As with women, minorities, Indigenous groups, religious groups and so on, it shouldn’t be a risk for politicians to try to appeal to men.
Regardless of intent, the mere appearance of appealing to a nonviolent men’s movement shouldn’t be considered a scandal. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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