Five angry men: advocating for and mobilizing EU gender equality law to advance men's rights

This article analyses the impact of a men's rights organization involved in political lobbying and legal mobilization around gender equality issues at the European level since 1986. Drawing on the as-yet unexplored archival materials of the Campaign for Equal State Pension Ages (CESPA), an organization that had a membership of about 1,200 individuals in the 1990s and later rebranded itself as PARITY, the article explores the meaning of European Union gender equality advocacy and mobilization by and for an organization initially composed exclusively of men based in the United Kingdom. It argues that anti-discrimination law was successively used as a strategic tool by this organization to further class equality and as a potentially anti-feminist instrument to defend men's rights.

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This article analyzes the impact of a men's rights organization on gender equality issues in Europe through political lobbying and legal mobilization. By examining the archival materials of the organization, it explores the significance of European Union gender equality advocacy and mobilization for a UK-based organization initially consisting solely of men, as well as how anti-discrimination law has been strategically used to promote class equality and defend men's rights.