STANFORD, CA—In a cutting-edge breakthrough for their field, psychologists at Stanford University confirmed Thursday they had trained a full-grown man to ask for help when he needed it. “After years of rigorous experimentation, we believe the test subject, whom we have named Buster, is finally capable of requesting…
Not just that, but that goes for everyone.
Men need men only spaces. Women have women’s shelters in every city in every western country.
For men, you’re lucky if your country has a shelter. You’re lucky if the law even recognizes you being abused as a crime.
Actually that’s a good point, there SHOULD be men’s only spaces. And I don’t mean places where you sit around talking about antlers and scratching yourself (I do enough of that at home) but places where men can talk openly about things going on with them and their own struggles. And maybe help each other like they do in 12-step programs.
And it’s not because being a man is somehow toxic, it’s because many of the beliefs we have as men can make our lives toxic. It’s about detoxifying ourselves and learning that life can be much richer and more enjoyable by being less worried about appearances and such.