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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by burnaftercommen on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:06PM (#50430093)
This is an issue that us men need to take charge on. While no demographic is immune from engaging in the toxicity that begets the mental health issues plaguing men, men are undoubtedly the worst offenders when it comes to reinforcing said toxicity.

Fixing this will require us to have tough conversations about what it means to be a "man", and to also engage in analysis of the material conditions that ALL people are currently facing in modern society.

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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by xg15 on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:26PM (#50430451)
I have read lots of calls to have afromentioned tough conversations, but almost never any content from the conversations themselves. So, how would they look?
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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by neglesaks on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:57PM (#50431023)
The premise is already offered by the preceding post: Blame the man/men up front for the ailment, as a select few overtly seem to volunteer in this whole comments section.
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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by xg15 on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:02PM (#50431104)
I'm amazed how much of the discussion in this thread is purely meta without even so much as saying what specific issues we are talking about.
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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by burnaftercommen on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:22PM (#50433122)
Toxic masculinity and capitalism would be the main issues.
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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by burnaftercommen on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:35PM (#50433257)
These conversations are happening, you're just not tuning in.

The conversations involve examining how the resources in society are allocated, and who gets to make those decisions. Both of these have great influence over our societies, and so much of toxic masculinity lies downstream from them.

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Re:Too many men suffering in silence, national health report... by tarxvf on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:46PM (#50430844)
This does not match my experiences in the slightest.
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