National Organization for Men Against Sexism

National Organization for Men Against Sexism
AbbreviationNOMAS
Formation1970s
Websitenomas.org
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The National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) is an American organization that began in the 1970s as an adjunct to the second-wave feminism movement of the time. In 1982, the organization, then called the M&M (Men and Masculinity) Conference, elected its first national council "to provide a collective leadership to the anti-sexist men's movement."[1] In 1990, the organization adopted its present name.

According to its website, "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."[2] The organization is a part of the men's movement that includes the men's liberation movement, pro-feminist men's movement, mythopoetic men's movement, men's rights movement, and the Christian men's movement, most notably represented by the Promise Keepers.[3]

  1. ^ "NOMAS". nomas.org. National Organization for Men Against Sexism. May 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "NOMAS--About". nomas.org. National Organization for Men Against Sexism. May 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  3. ^ Flood, Michael (2007), "Men's movement", in Flood, Michael; Kegan Gardiner, Judith; Pease, Bob; et al. (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. (PDF), London, New York: Routledge, pp. 418–422, ISBN 978-0-415-33343-6, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-17, retrieved 2013-05-09