The male suicides: Social perfectionism is killing men — and things are getting worse

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72. I agree that feminism would solve most of this.

I think many men have been conditioned from birth that it is unacceptable to cry out for help. And you might just get mocked if you do.

And it isn't just other men in society that subject men to these pressures. Many women are not feminists, and some of them demand compliance with masculine archetypes just as strongly as some men do. Of course, most men don't have to also deal with a physical or financial imbalance of power along with those demands, but the emotional toll can still be quite taxing.

Again, I would never suggest that men are as oppressed by society as women are. That is no contest.

But men are subjected to pressures and expectations that are unique to them. And just because someone else has it worse, doesn't mean there isn't a legitimate problem to discuss.