Common Goal (Breaking Chains Redux)

Scott Strohm wrote elsewhere in this blog that he would “be much more willing to work with others in the here and now if (he) knew that we shared a common goal for the long term future.”  Scott’s individual need for a goal mirrors that of the men’s/fathers’ “movement” as a whole.  He put his finger on the central need of our poor struggle in order that it might finally gel and become effective.  

I have long suggested this common unifying goal: “Equal rights and equal dignity for the male sex, and preservation of the traditional, nuclear family.”  (While we may want to include the politically popular “children’s rights,” I submit the male reference is more direct, and that kid’s rights are inherent in and follow from men’s and fathers’ rights and from family preservation.)  If we ever mature to the point of agreement on some similar philosophy that all our disparate legitimate elements can agree on, we can then marshal the resources and talents already existing but diffused among activists worldwide.  The resultant “Manpower” will create the political clout necessary to achieve the goal Scott and all of us so desperately need.

As I’ve said many times before, I believe the best way to create this manpower is to convince the top leadership of ACFC and NCFC of the necessity to, if not unify, at least wholeheartedly cooperate.  When these two strong (relatively speaking) coalitions realize the necessity and advantages of cooperation, the smaller groups should be swept along, building a force equivalent to or greater than that of feminism.  Sure, there will be the usual nitpickers and ankle-biters, but their influence will be minimized.