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[-] snooggums@kbin.social 68 points 8 months ago

Well yes, and the starting point is by dismissing the myth that the double standards are not applied to everyone. They are applied differently, but it is not something that only affects one group of people.

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 55 points 8 months ago

Is that really a myth? Because it feels like the only time this point is brought up is to "dispel the myth", not the myth itself which I frankly can't recall having ever heard.

My theory is that it's actually a mix of angry dudes feeling excluded because they weren't explicitly included by women talking about their own struggles, and of the fact that men just generally don't talk about their struggles. So the coverage feels disproportional and the only time the subject gets brought up it's because some angry misogynist managed to weave it into an "us vs them" discourse.

Men's mental health is a huge conversation to have but it's extremely disheartening that in the mainstream conversation it always pops up through misogyny.
So in the spirit of actually doing something about men's mental health, here's some actual discourse on the subject

[-] WillFord27@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Why did this get immediately downvoted, lol

[-] fadingembers 4 points 8 months ago

Lemmy needs an r/menslib equivalent

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

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