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Men's Mental Health Awareness Month (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago) by [M] to c/Antisexism@lemmy.today
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/50283327

This November, it's important to remind ourselves men have the right to feel what they feel, and be accepted with their traumas and worries.

Let's foster a healthy community where men are free to express their feelings in a supportive and safe environment, where male victims are free to talk about their trauma without being dismissed, where people care about how men - and all other people - feel.

Doing that means creating a better, happier and safer world for all of us.

Thanks @ShadowOfMiisha@lemmy.blahaj.zone for bringing this up!

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[–] 1 point 45 minutes ago (2 children)

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    • [–] 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    Ive just been evicted by fellow tenants without any chance to speak in my defense. I dont have the money for a new bond, and I've been denied a loan by my bank for it.

    So, I could really use some positivity right now.

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  • [–] 2 points 30 minutes ago

    Remember that life is long, and if the present is terrible the future can only be better. Try to contact and meet up with some old friends, and see if they can help in any way. The world has many more kind people than what you think, but you need to reach out for help to come your way.

    I hope you'll find something soon!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 hours ago

    Oh. Is there anyone who can have you for a day or two as you sort these things out? It helps to have a clear head and a little backup.

    I'm sure this will get solved better than you think, and I'll be glad to hear back how it goes for you.

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    • [–] 8 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

    Always concerned when, in this day and age, we cannot put aside gender bias in discussions of personal health and treat our problems as just that: human problems. That being said, I'm not criticiIng this graphic, and am all in with respect to improving mental health care, for all genders. I have a niece and a nephew and a great number of observations and am disappointed when the observations and their 'solutions' seem to swing wildly between misogynistic and misandric opinions to the detriment of one or both of them.

    We need to get comfortable with opening up to others, and allow ourselves to be vulnerable. At the same time, we also need to be sympathetic when someone opens up to us, and facilitate the building of trust and support.

    I get so triggered by posts that allude that one gender is solely the problem (again, not criticizIng this post in particular). Fact is, the problems are universal, and solutions need to be treated the same way.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    Our goals are completely shared here: we both want for every person to get the support they need, and foster the community in which people are supportive of each other, regardless of gender and other conditions.

    The only difference is approach: while you go straight on promoting the end goal, I try to clear up what stops people from embracing it. Both approaches are needed at the same time, and both are valid.

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    • [+] -6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    Men have no minimum quotas. Men are sent to war. Men get their children taken away in divorce.

    If you talk to a feminist, they are not about equality but they want to have more advantages than men.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    This is not true. Mainstream feminism is not aimed at domination over men, but it may naturally be more focused on women's rights issues.

    This is why this place exists - to coordinate people fighting for equality from both sides. There are undoubtedly many issues men face that women don't, and this is part of what we aim to solve.

    Fighting for better future for men doesn't mean standing against feminism.

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  • [–] 2 points 42 minutes ago

    I fully agree with you.

    I consider myself a feminist man because I think we need to do much more to bring real parity to all genders.

    There are discrimination issues with women, like the fact that there's a pay gap visible also in the statistics, they don't get promoted as often and, yes, they can't join the army in many countries. There are also issues with men being discriminated from certain jobs and lacking emotional and mental support options, which we should also work towards. Let's not even start talking about the discrimination towards transgender people, because they live life in hard mode right now.

    There's a particular kind of aggressive/toxic feminism that says that women should be treated better than men, and I think that it's detrimental to actually bring equality. It's the same as saying "man should be treated better than women". I think that if someone feels attacked their first reaction is to defend themselves and attack back. All this toxicity IMHO brings resistance to change and is slowing down the progress. Progress which, btw, we had plenty in recent years!

    We are all in this together, so let's work together towards ending discrimination of all forms!

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    • [+] -9 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
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  • [–] [S, M] 12 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 child)

    Loneliness, let alone "male loneliness epidemic" was never even mentioned anywhere in the post or the pic. But yes, everyone can get lonely, and our best chance to combat it is to have healthy communities, not stripe anyone of their autonomy.

    Going immediately defensive over what wasn't even mentioned is, generally, antithetical to building a healthy community, though. Thereby, further lashes like this may result in a ban by the Rule 2. I hope this message finds you well.

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