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So it’s International Men’s Day today and it’s easy to mock the concept and I get that, but it’s also a chance to remind ourselves that men also suffer from cultural condition born out of patriarchy and toxic masculinity, which results in suicide being the biggest killer.../1
...of men under the age of forty-five, the fact that 2/3 of overall suicides are committed by males, that 85 per cent of homeless people in the world are men, and that men also often suffer from a higher vulnerability to mental health issues that often goes unrecognised.../2
...and untreated due to a variation of cultural factors such as the pressure to constantly put on a strong and unaffected image as well as the strain of having to wear public masks to hide any kind of emotional vulnerability. This is a day for opening up new avenues of.../3
...conversation and communication to break down stereotypes, and better define the values and responsibilities men should have and redraw the boundaries of masculinity. /4
