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The?Mens?Movement:?What?Does?It?Mean?to?Be?a?Man? The?womens?movement?has?gained?a?lot?of?attention?in?recent?years?in?the?U.S.,?and?in?countries?around?the?world,?as?you?heard?in?the?last?lecture.?The?womens?movement?has?inspired?many?women?to?fight?for?equal?rights?and?treatment?in?their?homes,?their?personal?relationships,?and?at?work.?It?has?also?forced?many?women?to?examine?and?to?rethink?the?roles?they?play?in?society.?However,notonly?have?women?begun?examine?and?rethink?the?roles?they?play?at?home?and?work,?and?in?modem?society?as?a?whole,?but?men?also?have?begun?to?examine?and?rethink?the?roles?they?play?in?society,?and?to?examine?and?rethink?the?various?and?changing?roles?they?must?play?at?home?and?work?today.?Men?have?also?begun?to?react?in?both?positive?and?negative?ways?to?the?new?expectations?they?must?meet?at?home?and?work.?Some?men?are?adjusting?well?to?the?new?roles?they?must?playas?more?and?more?women?enter?the?job?market,?and?some?men?are?pleased?that?their?wives?and?partners?have?jobs?outside?the?home.?However,?some?of?the?role?changes?men?are?having?to?make?to?accommodate?their?working?wives?and?girlfriends,?and?some?of?the?new?expectations?concerning?their?masculinity?are?causing?some?of?them?a?good?deal?of?stress,?anger,?and?confusion.?Some?men?are?even?asking?the?question?What?does?it?mean?to?be?a?real?man?in?todays?world!?Many?are?confused?about?how?they?should?treat?women,?whether?these?women?are?their?female?colleagues?at?work,?their?friends,?or?their?wives.?Some?feel?they?are?no?longer?king?of?the?castle?at?home.?As?a?result?of?this?confusion?and?unhappiness,?a?countermovement?called?the?mens?movement?has?sprung?up?alongside?the?womens?movement?in?the?United?States.Men?in?the?movement?seek?to?provide?one?another?with?the?support?they?need?to?cope?with?the?stresses?and?strains?of?being?a?man?in?todays?world,?and?to?cope?with?the?stresses?and?strains?brought?about?by?the?professional?advances?made?and?the?personal?freedoms?won?by?women?in?ma