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You ask for sources, I wonder how many it will take. Here's a few.
Some general articles on how feminism helped men/feminism and men:
An excerpt from "Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center", by bell hooks, on men in the feminist movement.
http://mic.com/articles/88277/23-ways-feminism-has-made-the-world-a-better-place-for-men
https://web.archive.org/web/20150527003525/http://now.org/blog/how-feminism-and-now-have-helped-men/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2012/08/why-men-need-feminism-3/
Gender roles/broad issues:
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/06/the-media-mens-emotions/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/things-men-are-told/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/freeing-men-toxic-masculinity/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/06/men-and-emotional-literacy/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/neckbeard-cartoon/
bell hooks: We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity / The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love.
Gloria Steinem: "Men are as dehumanised by the masculine role forced upon them as women are by the feminine role. We need to raise our sons more like our daughters, so we do not cut off empathy." Source.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jane-powell/mens-issues-feminism_b_4902148.html
The Masculine Self by Christopher Kilmartin
The Man Question: Male Subordination and Privilege by Nancy E. Dowd
Reawyn Connell and a lot of her work: http://www.raewynconnell.net/p/masculinities_20.html
http://therepresentationproject.org/ has made a documentary on male gender roles: trailer
http://mankindproject.org/mankind-project-history The founder who came up with the idea is a feminist, the whole organization is described as a pro-feminist one.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jane-powell/mens-issues-feminism_b_4902148.html
How sexism hurts men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQBlNVqL-E
Men and body image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR1bjhyh8OM
Feminity and men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77lPjNhL5X4
Movie stereotypes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6713bgsx64&feature=youtu.be
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2013/01/why-my-son-bobby-needs-feminism-too.html
https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/sidita-kushi/feminism-is-for-all-exposing-gendered-limitations-of-albanian-male
http://feministing.com/2012/06/28/the-academic-feminist-talking-feminism-and-masculinities-with-tristan-bridges/
http://feministing.com/2011/08/24/not-oprahs-book-club-deep-secrets-boys-friendships-and-the-crisis-of-connection/
http://feministing.com/2010/12/15/narrowly-defined-masculinity-is-bad-for-your-health/
http://clarissethorn.com/blog/2012/07/23/postsecret-manliness-relationships-and-erections/
http://clarissethorn.com/blog/2011/01/02/men-dont-deserve-the-word-creep/
http://clarissethorn.com/2009/10/24/questions-i-want-to-ask-entitled-cis-het-men-part-3-space-for-men/
http://clarissethorn.com/2009/11/22/redefining-masculinity-for-the-hivaids-fight-in-southern-africa/
http://amptoons.com/blog/?p=7645 - Moving towards equality, but in the wrong direction
http://amptoons.com/blog/?p=7279 - The Dos and Donts of Dick Jokes, or What Feminist Critics Got Right
http://www.doctornerdlove.com/2014/05/the-problem-with-male-virginity/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/fashion/masculinities-studies-stonybrook-michael-kimmel.html?_r=0
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/responses-to-man-up/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/macho-culture-hurts-men/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/05/a-new-masculinity/
http://vardagsrasismen.nu/tag/mansroll/
http://www.joekelly.org/ - Fathering, coaching for fathers etc. Joe has authored articles on feminist.com and is also listed as a male feminist by the author
http://www.bhurt.com/writings - Fatherhood and gender roles. Is a feminist issue.
Lots of feminists have been talking about (and taking action on) the importance of men being able to talk about mental health and get emotional support for decades. See generally the following examples:
Some general articles on how feminism helped men/feminism and men:
An excerpt from "Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center", by bell hooks, on men in the feminist movement.
http://mic.com/articles/88277/23-ways-feminism-has-made-the-world-a-better-place-for-men
https://web.archive.org/web/20150527003525/http://now.org/blog/how-feminism-and-now-have-helped-men/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2012/08/why-men-need-feminism-3/
Gender roles:
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/06/the-media-mens-emotions/
Books by bell hooks: We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity / The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love.
http://therepresentationproject.org/ has made a documentary on male gender roles: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hc45-ptHMxo(trailer)
http://mankindproject.org/mankind-project-history The founder who came up with the idea is a feminist, the whole organization is described as a pro-feminist one.
How sexism hurts men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQBlNVqL-E
Men and body image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR1bjhyh8OM
Feminity and men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77lPjNhL5X4
Movie stereotypes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6713bgsx64&feature=youtu.be
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2013/01/why-my-son-bobby-needs-feminism-too.html
https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/sidita-kushi/feminism-is-for-all-exposing-gendered-limitations-of-albanian-male
http://feministing.com/2012/06/28/the-academic-feminist-talking-feminism-and-masculinities-with-tristan-bridges/
http://feministing.com/2011/08/24/not-oprahs-book-club-deep-secrets-boys-friendships-and-the-crisis-of-connection/
http://feministing.com/2010/12/15/narrowly-defined-masculinity-is-bad-for-your-health/
http://clarissethorn.com/blog/2012/07/23/postsecret-manliness-relationships-and-erections/
http://clarissethorn.com/blog/2011/01/02/men-dont-deserve-the-word-creep/
http://clarissethorn.com/2009/10/24/questions-i-want-to-ask-entitled-cis-het-men-part-3-space-for-men/
http://clarissethorn.com/2009/11/22/redefining-masculinity-for-the-hivaids-fight-in-southern-africa/
http://amptoons.com/blog/2009/05/08/moving-towards-equality-but-in-the-wrong-direction/
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2009/07/06/the-dos-and-donts-of-dick-jokes-or-what-feminist-critics-got-right/
http://www.doctornerdlove.com/2014/05/the-problem-with-male-virginity/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/fashion/masculinities-studies-stonybrook-michael-kimmel.html?_r=0
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/responses-to-man-up/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/05/a-new-masculinity/
http://www.joekelly.org/ - Fathering, coaching for fathers etc. Joe has authored articles on feminist.com and is also listed as a male feminist by the author
http://www.bhurt.com/writings - Fatherhood and gender roles. Is a feminist
Rape/sexual assault:
Feminists are responsible for changing the FBI's definition of rape to include male victims.
Sub organization of NOW advocated for changing the definition of rape to include men in the 1970s, not sucessful in all states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rape_movement#Changes_in_law
http://www.justdetention.org/en/staff.aspx, the largest organisation for ending prison rape. Fought for the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (among other feminists), the head of the organization is a feminist.
itsonus.org/ - campaign against sexual assault. A poster from said campaign supporting male victims. It's a feminist supported campaign where rainn had a large role: https://rainn.org/news-room/White-House-Launches-Its-On-Us. The campaign did focus largely on women, but has made efforts to include men.
http://project-unbreakable.org/. Image. Leader of project-unbreakable is a feminist.
http://bruinconsentcoalition.org/the-campaign/ -7000 in solidarity. Image. It was embraced by feminist websites. Example.
http://takebackthenight.org/ Take Back the Night. Image from campaign Feminist according to wikipedia. Parts of the campaign did exclude men, and has been criticized for it.
The Liberal peoples party in Sweden which advocate for liberal feminism introduces the first emergency center for men: http://www.thelocal.se/20150617/sweden-announces-first-centre-for-raped-men. The feminist organization RFSU made the study mentioned which critizes that male victims got limited resources.
http://malesurvivor.org - while not identifying as a feminist organization on their website, they do collaborate with feminist organizations, has been promoted by large feminist websites(1, 2, 3, and a few of their facilitators are feminist or pro-feminist. The Executive Director of Malesurvivor on why he won’t call himself feminist.
Campaign by Abby's House and Live The Green Dot.
http://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11866
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/08/male-rape-no-laughing-matter/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/12/male-rape-epidemic/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141017111103.htm
Male rape is a feminist issue: http://books.google.no/books?id=ISnFAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=9781137035103&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
A Feminist Critique of the Strict Liability Standard for Determining Child Support in Cases of Male Victims of Rape: http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3201&context=penn_law_review
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/04/stop-justifying-prison-rape/
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2012/09/19/is-it-rape-if-you-dont-mean-for-it-to-be-rape/
http://feministing.com/2011/04/07/sexual-assault-of-men-in-the-military/
http://feministing.com/2010/09/27/cnns-don-lemon-does-courageous-reporting-on-male-sexual-abuse/
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2006/12/04/open-thread-for-male-survivors-of-sexual-violence/
http://feministing.com/2012/09/17/pa-to-execute-man-who-killed-his-sexual-abuser/ (rape/justice system)
Domestic violence:
DV awareness campaign by women's fraternity Alpha Chi Omega
http://feminspire.com/feminists-cant-ignore-male-victims-domestic-violence/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2012/10/5-types-of-serious-abuse/
http://pervocracy.blogspot.com/2011/01/male-victim.html
http://www.thefeministwire.com/2013/03/feminist-anxiety-about-domestic-violence-against-men/
http://www.ravishly.com/2015/05/21/domestic-violence-not-just-female-issue
http://www.thefeministwire.com/2012/11/forgotten-victims-domestic-violence-among-gay-men/
http://pervocracy.blogspot.se/2011/01/male-victim.html
https://www.rainn.org/get-information/types-of-sexual-assault/male-sexual-assault
http://miamistudent.net/?p=17013964 (good article but uses outdated statistics)
Other forms of violence:
http://feminspire.com/problem-male-violence-everyones-ok/
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2009/03/04/police-murders-of-men-of-color-are-a-feminist-issue/
http://feministing.com/2015/04/09/say-something-white-feminisms-silence-on-police-brutality/
http://feministing.com/2011/04/21/quick-hit-andrea-grimes-on-toxic-masculinity/
The leader of the Swedish feminist party on how male violence hurts both women and themselves: http://feministisktinitiativ.se/befria-manligheten-fran-valdsmonopolet/
Sentencing disparity:
http://amptoons.com/blog/2014/07/15/study-shows-enormous-sentencing-discrepancy-against-men/
http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0423a.html
http://www.ncdsv.org/images/fc_sex-basedsentencingdiscrepanciesbetweenmaleandfemalesexoffenders_2012.pdf
Circumcision:
http://ecochildsplay.com/2011/07/07/why-circumcision-is-a-feminist-issue/
http://community.feministing.com/2010/06/04/feminism-and-male-circumcision/
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/06/circumcision-is-feminist-issue/
http://feministing.com/2010/06/04/feminism-and-male-circumcision/
http://feministing.com/2010/06/07/being-allies-against-male-circumcision/
Swedish feminist party oppose circumsition (I know the article talks about FGM, but I think it's a clear indicator what they'd vote for as a political party).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbTdkWV89Ak
https://bitchmedia.org/post/snip-it-good-us-mulls-making-circumcisions-routine
Custody *:
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2011/09/14/californias-alternative-custody-program-is-sexist-against-men/
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/2010/10/11/supreme-court-to-hear-discrimination-against-fathers-case/
* This is disputed by various feminists if this is an actual issue or how big it is: 1, 2
Selective service/Draft:
Feminists opposed it during WW1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States#Opposition
NOW opposes the draft and wants to include women: http://now.org/about/history/highlights/. You can find the full statement here.
Swedish feminist party oppose reinstating the draft in Sweden: http://www.svd.se/guide-sa-tycker-partierna-om-forsvaret
Suicide/mental health
Registered charity lead by feminist Jane Powell which exists to prevent male suicide in the UK: https://www.thecalmzone.net/about-calm/what-is-calm/
http://belle-jar.com/2013/08/24/men-feminism-mental-health/
https://www.facebook.com/everydayfeminism/posts/444116852334883
Swedish feminist party:"Men are overrepresented in suicide statistics, so we feel we can do something by starting up a men's shelter"
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.5172/hesr.2010.19.4.451
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/23/suicide-rates-men-gender-issue
Paternity leave:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/28/swedish-fathers-paid-paternity-parental-leave (the Swedish ruling government calls themselves feminist, the official feminist party wants to have a 50/50 split on paternity leave)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/09/paternity-leave-policies_n_7762108.html
http://feministing.com/2015/03/26/photos-of-the-day-swedish-dads-on-parental-leave-with-their-kids/
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/both-moms-and-dads-need-paid-leave/417708/
Education:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/04/30/boys_are_struggling_in_school_why_everyone_should_care_about_the_gender.html
http://www.genderandeducation.com/resources/contexts/the-boys-underachievement-debate/ "
bell hooks?
http://www.amazon.com/We-Real-Cool-Black-Masculinity/dp/0415969271
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by bell hooks