Young men are killing themselves at disproportionate rates for the same reason they’re overrepresented in all other forms of physical violence: on the whole, men are bullied out of developing emotional coping skills. Do I need to post the bell hooks quote? I’ll post the bell hooks quote istg
The two genders:
:frothingfash: teaching men to meaningfully engage with their emotions is part of the pussification of America
:powercry-2: why doesn’t anyone value men??
The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.
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