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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[–] 13 points 15 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] 9 points 14 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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