men’s liberation movement

a variety of social movements and positions united only by taking men and masculinity as their topic of interest. Some positions acknowledge the justice of feminist critiques of male dominance and recommend measures whereby men can overcome exploitation of women by men. Others aim to liberate men from stereotypical attitudes, particularly attitudes that prevent their expressing emotions and forming attachments to other men. A quite different type of movement seeks to help men rediscover traditional forms of masculinity and to become more responsible husbands and fathers. Yet another is essentially antifeminist, arguing that men are now subject to various injustices in education, employment, and the law (e.g., in divorce settlements and child-custody agreements). No one area of emphasis has become dominant under the rubric of men’s liberation.

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January 30th 2025

accommodative coping

a stress-management strategy in which a person adjusts his or her preferences and orientations to suit given situational forces and constraints. Involving a devaluation of, or disengagement from, blocked goals and a lowering of personal performance standards and aspirations, accommodative coping thus represents a neutralization rather than an active solution of a particular problem. Accommodative processes generally appear following repeated unsuccessful attempts to change the situation through assimilative coping. Additionally, accommodative processes are thought to be more prominent in later life, when individuals tend to experience an increasingly unfavorable balance of developmental gains and losses. [identified in 1990 by Jochen Brandtstädter and Gerolf Renner, German psychologists]