Welcome to our online home! The National Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men's lives, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities.
On Fatherhood and Feminism, Writing for the Web
On Fatherhood and Feminism, Writing for the Web – ARIEL CHESLER 7/29/16: 41st Annual NOMAS CONFERENCE I have been asked to speak about fatherhood and feminism today, a topic I think about often. For example, here are some random questions: 1) Why do some people think I am not fulfilled as a father because I have daughters and no sons; 2) Why am I
Songs of the Pro-Feminist Men’s Movement
Songs of NOMAS: For over 40 years NOMAS has supported cultural workers, through arts and media, as voices of the activist movement that NOMAS represents. Music and song have been an integral part of the NOMAS Men and Masculinity conference tradition. Below is a representative compilation of these songs and their attribution. Thank you to Peter Alsop for this compilation. IT’S ONLY A WEE-WEE, SO WHAT’S
“Exposing Reproductive Coercion” Toolkit & Brochures Published
The Feminist Women’s Health Center of Atlanta, Georgia and The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), in collaboration with the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) have published a toolkit for clinicians, domestic violence workers, and women impacted by Reproductive Coercion, a form of Intimate Partner Violence. This toolkit provides credible, unbiased information for women as well as individuals working in the domestic violence
Blaming by Naming: Battered Women and the Epidemic of Codependence
Phyllis B. Frank and Gail Kadison Golden Codependency is an increasingly popular term for describing an expanding population of individuals. This concept, originally identified by drug and alcohol counselors, was formulated to describe those individuals who make relationships with substance abusers, enable them, and fail to leave them even after it becomes clear that the relationship is a damaging one (Rockland County Department of
NOMAS Says ‘Happy Birthday’ to Dr. Phyllis Chesler
I have always admired Phyllis Chesler as one of the earliest founding mothers of second-wave feminism. She has also been the embodiment of a special role which I admire, and have always aspired to: a feminist social scientist. Her work over the past forty years has deeply influenced me, both in general ways as a role model and professional inspiration, and on very
NOMAS Supports NCADV’S TAKE A STAND AND LOBBY DAY EVENT
NCADV’S TAKE A STAND AND LOBBY DAY EVENT October 1st, 2015 Washington, D.C. Learn more and get involved at www.ncadv.org/takeastand. NCADV is kicking off Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a national event to raise awareness about domestic violence-Take A Stand. NCADV’s Take A Stand event will occur October 1st at 11:00am in Washington, D.C. on the Capitol grounds. Here, victims, activists, volunteers, legislators and
