Thread by @MichaelGLFlood

With the outbreak of war in Ukraine, some men’s rights activists (MRAs) note that large numbers of men and boys are killed and injured in war. Yes, that’s right. They are sent to war largely by other men. And traditional masculinity has been central to justifications for war. 1/3

War and militarism: Wars are supported more by men than women. It is men, not women, who have excluded women from joining men in military and combat roles. Feminist women and women’s movements have played key roles in challenging war and militarism. 2/3

Because most combatants in armed conflicts in wars are men, males also the major direct victims of military operations. But the *overall impacts* of war and conflict and their aftermath are greater for women than men. xyonline.net/content/gender… 3/3

As it is, men’s rights activists spend their energies attacking feminist and other progressive movements, the very forces that seek to lessen the militarism that costs so many men and boys their lives. All they seem to want is for more women and girls to be killed alongside them

So, if we're genuinely concerned about the large numbers of men and boys being forced to stay and fight in Ukraine, we should support feminist and other progressive efforts to challenge militarism and right-wing, authoritarian governments like Putin's.

Here's a perfect example. Support the call to action of one of the most longstanding feminist anti-militarist organisations, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Let us come together and say #NoMoreWars: bit.ly/352ngch @WILPF
I'm off to bed.