For decades men's issues have been locked out of the mainstream media--particularly if it is a man who seeks to discuss them. However, in recent years men's and fathers' issues have exploded on the web, including on websites such as MensNewsDaily and Mensactivism . Are these and other prominent men's sites the beginnings of a coming civil rights movement? Or are they merely a forum for the grumbling and petty complaints of a privileged class?

Does the modern American man have a legitimate gripe? Are men's advocates illuminating injustices or bending over backwards to perceive men as victims? Are they celebrating men's neglected contributions or excusing men's vices? Is the fathers' movement fighting for the rights of children to have two parents or seeking to turn family courts against mothers? Do men's advocates seek to turn back the clock on women's progress?

Tom Sylvester of the Institute for American Values is one of the modern men's movement's most vocal Internet critics. Bernard Chapin , a columnist for MensNewsDaily, is one of its most prominent Internet-based writers. They debated the virtues and vices of the men's movement.