(Editor’s note: Late Wednesday night the Return of the Kings founder Roosh Valizadeh posted a note on the group’s website cancelling Saturday’s meetup. The note read as follows: “I can no longer guarantee the safety or privacy of the men who want to attend on February 6, especially since most of the meetups can not be made private in time. While I can’t stop men who want to continue meeting in private groups, there will be no official Return Of Kings meetups. The listing page has been scrubbed of all locations. I apologize to all the supporters who are let down by my decision.”)

Below is an earlier story.

PORTSMOUTH — "Neomasculine" men — self-described as in support of rape and ascribing "value" to women based on "fertility and beauty" — have announced a Saturday meetup in Market Square, where "women and homosexuals" are uninvited.

"This meeting is for heterosexual men only," who share a list of "principal tenants" and say they "believe men should be masculine and women should be feminine," it was announced. The event is being organized by Roosh Valizadeh, the author of books claiming to have advice about seducing women, through a website titled "Return of the Kings."

Valizadeh recently advocated online, "make rape legal if done on private property. I propose that we make the violent taking of a woman not punishable by law when done off public grounds."

He claims online that simultaneous meetups will be held at 165 locations in 43 countries, including an initial meetup in front of Portsmouth's North Church on Saturday at 8 p.m. He urges followers to video record "crazy feminists" who arrive for the meetups in protest, so the videos can be posted to his blog and "we can tear them up."

"I will exact furious retribution upon anyone who challenges you in public on that date (remember to record them)," Valizadeh announced online. "Therefore let the sixth of February be a clear signal to all that we’re not going anywhere. We have finally arrived."

Interim Police Chief David Mara said he researched Valizadeh and the Return of Kings and has talked to members of his department so they are aware when patrolling the area on Saturday night.

"We in law enforcement strongly disagree with the position of these people," he said. "Nevertheless, they have a right to gather."

Valizadeh posts on his site that after an initial meeting at all of the locations, attendees are advised to "identify your fellow tribesmen" by asking, “Do you know where I can find a pet shop?”

"If you are asked this question, answer in the affirmative, “Yes, it’s right here,” for details about where to proceed at 8:20 p.m., it was announced. "If you ask someone for the pet shop and they appear confused or actually try to direct you to a real pet shop, they’re not there for the meetup."

Mara said it's unlikely anyone will show up Saturday night who shares the values espoused by Valizadeh and his so-called tribesmen.

"I expect more people will show up against it," he said. "Nevertheless, we're going to be monitoring it."

Valizadeh is urging his "tribe," "If accosted during the meetup, travel to the final venue in pairs or triplets using an indirect route so the final location is not compromised (make sure you are not followed). While I wouldn’t mind a bit of excitement, there is currently zero chatter online that a single meetup will be disrupted."

The "final locations" of meetups are expected to be bars and if no one shows up, Valizadeh wrote, "That means your city is not yet ready for meetups. Let me know so that we can plan future meetups in larger cities within your state or province."

The Return of Kings site said it, "aims to usher the return of the masculine man in a world where masculinity is being increasingly punished and shamed in favor of creating an androgynous and politically-correct society that allows women to assert superiority and control over men. Sadly, yesterday’s masculinity is today’s misogyny."

Mara urged anyone who witnesses a crime, at any time, to call the police. Gathering in front of the North Church, he reminded, is not a crime.