Abstract: Mechanical and organic solidarity differ from one another in five fundamental ways: how solidarity binds people, individuals' links to society, the relative importance of the collective versus individual consciousness, the dominant form of law, and the role of the state. The Men's Story Project came together through mechanical solidarity and became effective through organic solidarity. The challenge for the future is creating and increasing solidarity with new project members and potential audiences. This change will by necessity not be a revolution; it will happen one step at a time.
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