fidelbogen, I have to agree with ballgame about this:

I also couldn’t help but notice the irony of this clause in your list of things you struggle against, fidelbogen:

The legal commercialization of sexual relations and relations based upon affection;

… being immediately followed by this other clause of things you struggle against:

The presumed permissibility of an autocratic imposition of behavioral rules upon the male gender;

Whether you consider those who buy sex (overwhelmingly men) or those who sell sex (mostly, but not overwhelmingly women) to be exploited, you only compound their problems by criminalizing them (or even just criminalizing the other party thus driving their activity underground and making it more dangerous). To prohibit men from buying sex, even for “their own good” is an example of ” an autocratic imposition of behavioral rules upon the male gender,” just as prohibiting women from selling sex is an autocratic imposition of behavioral rules upon the female gender.”

Still I do agree with most of the rest of the document and would say it seems to be rooted in basic principles of fairness. I don’t know if it defines “what MRAs are all about,” but it is a good start. Kind of an MRA equivalent to “Feminism 101.”

The gentleman’s name is Rino Della Vecchia.

Hello and thanks for the fine work. Is that the complete name of the author: Reno Dev?

I would like to credit him.

I am not a denizen of SYG,but I guess I should be.

I may be translating more for Fidel in future,so stay tuned.

Best Regards,
R.R.

Yes, the Uomini3000 platform was translated from the Italian by Mr. Randazzo, at my request, some time back in December or January.

I am glad to see it posted on a kiosk at such a busy web traffic intersection,
where thousands of people will see it. In the future, if anybody wants to know
what the ‘men’s movement’ is all about, this document states the case as well (or actually, better) than anything else I am aware of.

The only thing I would find fault with, is that it uses the feminist term “genders”, rather than “sexes”. (Apparently, “gender” is a correct translation of the Italian word found in the original document.)

For those who are interested, a PDF version of the U3000 platform is available for download HERE:

http://tinyurl.com/yd92w3k

As for the Manifesto itself…obviously, I’m a fan.

We reject any kind, however indirect, of denigration,
of offensiveness and devaluation, of the ethical, aesthetic,
and intellectual worth of the male gender; we repudiate
any diminution of the symbolic importance of the
masculine, and of the historical importance of male
endeavors visible and invisible, past present and future.”

Had this been stated, and practiced, as part of the Principles and Goals of the Women’s Movement, just think how differently things could have turned out. If only. Would a Men’s Movement even have materialized? Perhaps so, but in an atmosphere of mutual understanding, respect, and support, I would think, rather than as part of a necessary “war effort.”

This is our Declaration of Interdependence!

Respectfully disagree. The mistreatment and maligning of males is quite thoroughly addressed in these principles. Since it is misandry itself, irrespective of its source that is the problem, pointing to males monolithically is rendered unnecessary.

Males themselves, their male culture and their male attitudes towards each other. The collapse of males has come about because of the instinctive enmity, disrespect, distrust and belligerance of males towards males.

Simple.

Once I get a confirmation from Fidelbogen that this is his, I will get the appropriate credit posted.

Paul

http://counterfem.blogspot.com/search?q=italian+manifesto

I am pleased it is getting international recognition.