Euphemism: Men's Rights Movement (2017)

the euphemism “Men's Rights Movement”

1. it's quite intriguing, of the term “men's rights” movement. It's a long dogged tale of the evolution of social thinking trend.

2. it began, with the “rights”, as in “human rights”.

3. The “rights” concept must have traces back to Greek philosophy i think. And, by the way, the rights n justice concepts are entirely western. It basically don't exist in Asia. But mostly, the “human rights” didn't began as we know it since the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” in 1948. Which, must be part of the consequence of Nazi in World War 2, and the black slavery in USA before.

4. Now, human rights lead to feminism. One wonders the etymology of feminism. One might say, it actually should be just “women's right”, but that doesn't sound right for multitudes of reasons. Remember to lookup etymology of feminism.

5. Now, when feminism became nuts, we have what we might call anti-feminism. But, that doesn't sound right, and is unmarketable. Thus the euphemism “men's rights” movement. Loly, how marketability plays a role in English and our lifes.

it's similar to the phrases pro-choice and pro-life. Both are euphemisms.

It really was just pro abortion law and anti abortion law. But oh god, the word “abortion” brought about nasty images. So, we have pro-choice! And of course, the other side can't have anti-choice, thus we have pro-life.

etymology of feminism

1851, “qualities of females;” 1895, “advocacy of women's rights;” from French féminisme (1837); see feminine + -ism. Also, in biology, “development of female secondary sexual characteristics in a male” (1875).

[etymology of feminism https://www.etymonline.com/word/feminism]