The National Coalition for Men (NCFM) supports genuine gender equality and rejects all forms of gender‑based hatred. Recent reporting—including the UN News article on the “manosphere,”[i] the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) “hate group” label[ii], and a January 2026 OB Rag piece[iii]—misrepresents NCFM by grouping a 47‑year‑old civil‑rights nonprofit with anonymous extremist communities.
NCFM is not an online subculture. We engage in legal advocacy, public education, and direct support for primarily male survivors of domestic violence. Our work is transparent, evidence‑based, and rooted in fairness for all of us.
Mischaracterizations in the UN News Article
The 2025 UN News article claims men’s‑advocacy groups “reject feminism” and portray women negatively. This does not describe NCFM. We have long collaborated with women’s organizations and support equal rights for women and men.
What we reject are supremacist, radical, and misandric forms of feminism—ideologies that promote gender hostility, deny male victimization, or advocate policies that disadvantage males. These are not synonymous with women’s rights.
Such behaviors include portraying men as inherently violent, dismissing male victims, promoting collective guilt, framing fathers as threats, and treating men’s issues as extremist. These narratives can distort public policy and marginalize legitimate concerns.
The SPLC’s Unsupported “Hate Group” Designation
The SPLC labeled NCFM a “male supremacist hate group” without identifying any statements or actions that meet a reasonable definition of hate or extremism. NCFM challenged the claim in 2019 and again in 2024–2025; SPLC admitted its designation reflected “opinion,” not evidence.
The contradiction is stark: SPLC honored NCFM’s late Vice President Marc Angelucci on its own “Wall of Tolerance” at the SPLC Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama.
The unsupported label harms the public, misinforms institutions, and undermines services for male and female survivors we assist.
The SPLC has a documented history of using emotionally charged designations to drive fundraising[iv]. The manosphere is a politically safe, high‑emotion target for SPLC’s donor base. By labeling NCFM — a longstanding civil‑rights organization — as a “male supremacist hate group,” the SPLC expands its threat narrative in a way that aligns with its financial incentives and fundraising patterns. Like many others, SPLC’s framing of NCFM and ‘male supremacy’ aligns with its donor base.
Local Example: OB Rag
A January 2026 OB Rag article repeated SPLC’s claims apparently without evidence or examination of NCFM’s work. This mirrors the UN News article’s failure to distinguish legitimate advocacy from online extremism. They did not call us for comment.
Ignoring Men’s Real‑World Challenges
Both articles omit well‑documented issues affecting boys and men, including suicide rates, educational decline, workplace fatalities, homelessness, family‑court barriers, and lack of services for male victims. Focusing only on harms men may cause while ignoring harms men experience distorts public understanding.
NCFM
NCFM supports positive guidance and welcomes collaboration with any institution committed to fairness and accuracy. Progress requires rejecting all forms of ‑based extremism—whether directed at women or at men—and acknowledging related concerns without ideological bias.
[i] Why is the manosphere on the rise?, UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny”
[ii] Dismantling White Supremacy: How Male Supremacy Provided the Foundation for Hate in 2023” Published June 4, 2024.
[iii] White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office, 2024
[iv] Making Hate Pay: Corruption of the Law Center, Tyler O’Niel,2020
The first and foremost issue that cannot be overlooked is MONEY. Follow the money trail, from and to, and what is it used for; to continue to achieve a false narrative, or for personal enrichment? Logic suggests it is both. In order to achieve a false narrative, you must vigorously continue negative stereotypes towards those that stand in your way or are fearful of the truth being exposed. I think we see this multiple times on a daily basis.
Whether the following phrase originated from Joseph Goebbles, Hitler’s minister of propaganda, Lenin, Hitler or Orwell in ‘1984,’ if you repeat the lie often enough and loud enough, people will believe it to be the truth. Psychologists refer to this phenomenon as the “illusionary truth effect,” where repeated exposure to a statement increases the likelihood of people believing it is true.
The truth and the reality is that the SPLC doesn’t care how much damage they do with their false narrative. While I am fully aware that NCFM is not a political organization nor does it take a political stand, you cannot ignore the tsunami of propaganda, lies, and false narratives that comes from primarily one side of the political aisle and the various groups they are aligned with.
This false narrative has metastasized from a basic difference of opinion to something that has now devolved into the bowels of abject lunacy and pure unadulterated evil.
NCFM has unequivocally supported the concept of fairness and has exposed the inequities facing men and boys in a dignified and professional manner since day one.
My cousins boyfriend was brutally beaten by police, for a crime he didn’t commit. Through one of NCFM’s members advocacy work, I was only in jail for a week. That volunteer calls and checks in with me weekly to see how I’m doing. I’m still healing, but glad to be free. NCFM also offered emotional support to my cousin.
In 2024 my son was falsely accused of a crime, one that could put him away for 26 years if convicted. I looked everywhere for support and found little. My son is half Hispanic and lives in a predominantly white area. This makes a huge difference. I received a call back from NCFM, and we have received so much moral support.
In my son’s particular case, the female used every form of Coercive Control on him in order to abuse him further. She even orchestrated an assault against him, leaving him with a serious concussion.
I am grateful to the Chicago support network that has been there for us each week.
I have been a Women’s Rights Advocate for many years, and was SHOCKED to come to the realization that there is not much support for men out there when it comes to legal advocacy. They have not only supported my son, but also me. Men are taught to be tough and suck it up. NCFM however, endorses gender equality for men and women.
I fully support this organization!
Thank you!