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NOVEMBER IS MEN’S EQUALITY MONTH Today marks the beginning of Men’s Equality Month 2026, running throughout November. Now in its third year, this global initiative of the International Council for Men and Boys (ICMB) celebrates the enormous contributions of men and boys, while highlighting serious, often neglected male disadvantages... In 2025, there were 147 observances across 72 countries. Our movement is growing and flourishing. Men’s Equality Month is desperately needed. GENUINE GENDER EQUALITY CANNOT COEXIST WITH ENORMOUS DOUBLE STANDARDS BETWEEN THE SEXES... We face a deluge of ideological propaganda, selective outrage and institutional gaslighting from extreme feminist activists, amplified by extraordinarily well-funded organisations such as UN Women. Meanwhile, men die over five years earlier than women, account for the overwhelming majority of workplace fatalities, and experience dramatically higher suicide rates. Millions of boys and young men are falling behind in education. Yet males are routinely blamed, shamed and stigmatised collectively for the criminal acts of a tiny minority of men. Collective guilt is immoral, unacceptable and socially harmful. Imagine reversing the sexes. Would we ever blame ALL females for the enormous educational disparities affecting millions of boys and young men? Would we collectively shame women and girls for boys' underachievement, male suicide or other systemic disadvantages? Of course not. Nor should we. Equality does not mean selective outrage. Compassion must be extended to all people. Human dignity must be universal. As Chair of the International Council for Men and Boys, I am proud to champion a positive, constructive vision of gender equality that recognises disadvantage wherever it exists. The only sustainable path forward is to reject grotesque double standards, abandon collective blame, embrace mutual respect, and uphold the inherent dignity, worth and value of EVERY human being. Equality that excludes half the population is not equality. Let's make November a celebration of men and boys, and a powerful call for genuine equality for EVERYONE… #MensEqualityMonth #GenderEquality #MenAndBoys #EqualityForEveryone #MalePositive @menandboysnet