Some of those issues are also addressed/worked on by feminist groups, particularly the rape one. Almost every survivor counseling organization I know of provides services to men as well as women. I'd also characterize most of those groups as feminist. (In fact, it's the ones that don't provide services to men that I'd often characterize as not feminist and that get the most feminist criticism, such as the services offered by most universities).

My experience has been that the Men's Rights Movement's good parts are often what is basically non-radical feminist activism repackaged, and its bad parts are reprehensible. (Note: radical feminism is things like the SCUM manifesto; most feminism isn't particularly radical)

The article does make the important point that there aren't a lot of places for (straight) men to discuss cultural ideas of masculinity and its possible ill effects. (In my experience, gay men often have a better understanding of male dynamics than straight men, and there's more of a cultural discourse about masculinity in some parts of gay culture.)

"The (valid part of the) men's right movement is mostly concerned with men who: * have been raped or faced domestic abuse, but are met with ridicule when filing charges * have lost custody of their children to unstable / irresponsible mothers"

And attacking women for both of these is folly. That's why MRAs are not taken seriously, because they misdirect their (legitimate in the aformentioned context) concerns.

I'm more worried about, even today, men placing strict gender roles on me and the associated baggage than I am at women for "taking away my rights".

There are certainly strange expectations that guys have to deal with. The problem here is that they aren't challenging the norms because they're too "pussy" or "gay" and as far as I've seen, the MRAs are too wrapped up in their warm cloak of machismo and self-defeating. There are crazy women, as there are crazy men.

Systemically, guys are holding themselves back, and the way established law and custom are has more to do with irresponsible and/or overbearing guys in power in the past than it does some sort of gynocracy.