Lil devils x said:
The movement is characterized by the foundation of that movement and by the actions of the majority within that movement is the issue. It is not " me who has characterized" the SPLC has addressed the majority of the movement as well as many scholars who are in agreement that it was founded as a backlash to feminism. Now that isn't saying that you or your mra group are " mainstream" instead you would be considered the exception, not the rule as far as what the majority have found.
It is great that you wish to change this, but it is easier to say than do when you are talking about something on that large of a scale.
First off please stop quoting the SLPC, they're an obvious political group, the views they espouse are obviously detached from reality, with little if any proof to ever back them up. Using their broad politicized platform as a fact sheet generally is a bad thing, a good reasoning on this is they often toss trans rights under the bus to get the more politically valuable gay rights legislation through, in other words they'll pull a political stunt to damage one group and favor another one for politics.
The real problem is that like with radical/extreme feminism, the loudest voices in the movement are the crazies, which taints the image of both groups as a whole. This problem also taints gay rights activists, trans rights activists, and all minority rights activists of all stripes. Anyways...
OT: MRAs are something I've found rather an odd thing in comparison to feminists as a general rule. Then again most open feminists I've ever been exposed to in person are TERFs, who spew some of the ugliest bias I've ever heard in my entire life. This is especially saddening because a trans support group I was going to had to change their meeting nights and times dozens of times because of being picketed by TERFs, many of whom espoused violence and murder against trans people. On the opposite end of the scale a MRA group visited the last trans support group meeting I was at, bringing snacks, offering support, and asking basic along with more deep questions about us. I've met many more MRAs who are pro-trans rights, pro-gay rights, and pro-feminist then feminists who similar things can be said about. I've met plenty of feminists who are pro-trans, pro-LGB, pro-men's rights, and just plain pro-equality, but they're a minority compared to the ones I've met who exclude gay men while supporting lesbians, exclude trans people, and spout the oppression of men. I've yet to meet a MRA in the real world who isn't almost entirely pro equality on all levels, just having their primary focus being the rights of men. That's how these groups should work too, if you're pro-equality for everyone that's great, if you want to focus on a certain sector that's good too, because these issues need focus from the people who know their own plights best.