THE MEN MATTER FORUM MANIFESTO

1. Let’s face the facts
I love men
I connect with the masculine
My best friends are men
I relish the depth in men
I am a bit of a tom boy
I am intrigued by the male psyche
I have been working on my inner masculine for years
Great shifts have occurred in the men I have worked with
The ability to reach the vulnerable souls of men
I love the way men think
I first came into contact with my inner masculine when I was 17 years old. A huge
presence came over me. Some might call it an episode. It was a daunting energy
and I did not know what it was at the time. I remember this huge hand stretching
around a cup that I was drinking out of. I went walking (I hate walking) we walked
and walked and walked together. My stride was different. My presence was
different. It only lasted for a day or two. On reflection the inner masculine came
to life in me. He is huge.
It was some years before I was to experience him again and the next time I saw
him he was external which was probably so that I could observe him in a different
way as the first time I was participating in his presence. (Observing and
Participating is the central point of the behavioural model I was to formulate
some years later.) I was in a therapy session in deep trance when he appeared. I
had to go in to a great depth to reach him. He had been silent for a long time.
I realised that he was a part of me this huge man. People have said that I can be
intimidating.
I was often referred to as a right brain thinker in my early years. I always had a
question around this and wanted to discover the left brain thinker within myself.
As I moved forward I realised I was always working with men. In the Catering
industry, in the Fire Service, in the Homeless Sector, in the Mental Health Sector
and the Prison System always finding solace and deep connection in the company
of men.
The development of the left brain thinking lead me to write a model of behaviour
development for men which I birthed at Dartmoor prison with men who helped
me shape it. The central components of the model were written by men.

2. Georg Wilhelm Hegel August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831.
Carl Gustav Jung 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961.
Augusto Boal 16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009
Niels Bohr 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962
Most importantly I have been able to transform aggression into ambition and
sexuality into deep insight. This is a huge breakthrough for the masculine as he
needs ultimately to understand his sexuality and his aggression. These things are
often out of balance for men.
We are witnessing a destabilization of the male psyche which is escalating
rapidly. Men are becoming inherently subjugated by the illusion of the
emancipation of the feminine. On the contrary, the feminine is being subjugated
by the masculine. It is men who will be the healers of this phenomenon.
This has to be redressed if humanity is to survive.
Cc.Alixharrow 2019