7. Vague Leadership

It has always been unclear who runs the show with the boys. At the beginning, it was the likes of Daryush Valizadeh (AKA RooshV) who proposed that men who rape women in their houses should not be charged with a crime. He maintained several websites popular in the manosphere including ReturnOfKings on which women's morality issues were dissected and discussed. RooshV spoke in seminars, participated in virtual forums and became the prominent go-to voice when it came to men's/anti-women issues. After a few years run, the party was over with the Iranian-American culture-canceled by feminist elements. And then emerged Warren Farrell, PhD author of The Boy Crisis. The less radical voice rallied hundreds of men around his proposal to establish a White House Council on Boys and Men, as an opposite wing of the existing White House Council on Women. Warren Farrell appeared several times on Oprah Winfrey show and ironically sat on the Board of the National Organization for Women (NOW) until he faded as a voice for men. Makes you wonder which side he really was on. 

Just when it seemed there was a vacuum in the men's rights echo chamber, a new PhD star arose from the north - Professor Jordan Peterson, author of best selling "12 rules for life: An Antidote to Chaos" and a nightmare of every mainstream radical feminist. The Cynical Psychologist father of a daughter and a son was not particularly an anti-woman nor pro-man voice. Much of what he fantasized was a time when western civilization was not tearing itself apart along gender lines. He became radically popular after standing against Canada's Bill C-16 of June 2017 that mandates the use of a variety of custom gender pronouns in reference to queers, and criminalizes non-compliance. Peterson argued that the unprecedented bill infringes on rights to freedom of expression. As quickly as he was embraced by international men's rights movement, he was also demonized by mainstream radical liberals until his light was put out by a combination of western civilization-induced health complications. Now the most prominent voices for men's rights are women. 

Due to this lack of consistent leadership voices that defend men's rights, the movement is fast becoming a joke. Ponder for a second if men like Elon Musk, Brad Pitt and tons of other supposedly popular straight men would lend their voice to the movement? that would be a game-changer. Albeit those men will not, because they know what comes next. No celebrity wants to be canceled.