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sibelian

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11. I think what primarily concerns me
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:04 AM
Oct 2014

is the intersection of undeconstructed male templates enabling self-destructive thought patterns. There's this perception that men "don't ask for help", it's my suspicion that one of the main reasons they don't is because they don't expect to be taken seriously. The comments on the article seem to confirm this. If the society that's supposed to actually give the help doesn't know how to do it, why ask for help? A self-fulfilling prophecy, I'd suggest, but one that requires some kind of response. If we can reduce traffic accidents and drug overdoses below the level of the suicide rate then why isn't more being done to address the no. 1 killer?
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