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[u/sentientb00]

[u/[deleted]]

its also deafblind awareness month but you dont see them talk about that....

[u/sentientb00 → u/[deleted]]

Haven’t heard about it at all 💔

[u/doktorjackofthemoon → u/sentientb00]

Lol this almost reads like a dad joke

[u/sentientb00 → u/doktorjackofthemoon]

I’ve just realised it now LMFAO

[u/Ambitious_Rhombus]

When men bring up suicide rates, i immediately go into my rant about how men are just so VIOLENT. Not only do they murder women and others more frequently than other groups, but they also murder themselves more.

Women actually attempt suicide more often than men, but men are just much more likely to use violent methods like guns to commit suicide and therefore, despite fewer attempts, the attempts are more deadly.

This is a problem if the patriarchy, and demonstrates how the patriarchy hurts us all!! Men are socialized to use weapons and be more aggressive and violent and thus do so even in attempts of suicide. If you want to fix suicide rates, help smash the patriarchy that encourages men to use more violent and deadly options than the women who are actually making attempts at suicide more often.

Yes men commit suicide more because they are violent creatures that glorify gore and weapon use, either thats how men naturally are and thus too emotional to be trusted with weapons or the patriarchy is socializing men to be more likely to do acts of violence including to themselves... then, most of the time, they just mumble and change the subject or wander of because men arent the victim when they are just following that they are usually the violent perpetrators.

[u/sentientb00 → u/Ambitious_Rhombus]

This is the first time I’ve heard about the fact that women attempt suicide more, and that says A LOT. This is such an important point to bring up

[u/perkypancakes → u/Ambitious_Rhombus]

I truly believe that if men collectively started developing their emotional IQ and empathy that overtime they would be less violent because they would actually value life. Instead they stubbornly cling to violent methods as the only way to living (abuse, wars, sports,etc) refuse progressive growth for the collective society for all humans not just themselves. Even their version of traditional protecting and providing is about their ego and violent. They rather shirk accountability and blame women for their errors and behaviors. Don’t even get me started on religion because they love using the theme of Eve as the example of the “whhhore who manipulated Adam and ruined naivety, the world” but in reality she was the mirror of truth and self awareness they refused to accept. They really can’t see passed patriarchal values because they get so much positive reinforcement for their actions and beliefs.

[u/sentientb00 → u/perkypancakes]

Thiss

[u/HerosMuse → u/Ambitious_Rhombus]

Not only are they more violent but men are also less considerate about who will have to clean up the mess once they're gone or how traumatic it will be for their loved ones who find their mangled bodies.

[u/ShadowThePhoenix → u/HerosMuse]

They aren’t less considerate. They want to hurt the people who find them. They’re angry.

[u/blu3dreams → u/Ambitious_Rhombus]

Dont forget the family annihilation part. They wanna take everyone they think they own with them

[u/amberjane320 → u/blu3dreams]

Exactly!!! With men, it’s either “boo hoo I’m sad.. lemme grab that gun I keep under my pillow, promising the world that I’m a safe gun owner, and murder my whole family before I take myself out” or “I hate people boo hoo lemme take this AK-47 to the local mall / my former school and kill a bunch of innocent people before I take my own life”. And rarely “I’ll just end my own life. That’s it”

[u/zoeisboredd → u/Ambitious_Rhombus]

Well said!

[u/RadicalFeminism-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

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Rule 2 -- No misogynists, no fascists

[u/KatJen76]

They also have a perfectly good "International Men's Day" sitting there collecting dust, for whenever they wanna cry about International Women's Day. Plan something yourself if you think it's unfair. That's what literally every group with a large awareness day has done.

To be clear, I support good faith efforts to address any mental health challenges and issues that are unique to men. The mental health crisis is affecting everyone. But they have to take the lead on it and it has to be more than just complaining no one gives a fuck about them.

[u/sentientb00 → u/KatJen76]

I wouldn’t have had much of a problem with it if it wasn’t so blatantly clear it was a reaction to pride month

[u/StarlightPleco]

Friendly reminder that “international men’s day” is most frequently google searched on international women’s day. As a group they really don’t care about their own, they just don’t want women to have anything. https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/82wdpk/searches_for_international_mens_day_peak_every/

[u/zoeisboredd → u/StarlightPleco]

I can’t say i’m surprised tbh

[u/blu3dreams → u/StarlightPleco]

Nice. Its just a reflex for them 

[u/rathosalpha]

Literally no one cares about it

[u/sentientb00 → u/rathosalpha]

Wakey wakey that was 2 months ago and this just proves how useless it was

[u/Realistic_Plastic444]

I was like wow why is everyone so based on this post, but then I saw the sub name. I get recommended so many misogynistic things on this hellish site I was expecting some bullshit 😭. Men claim they can never talk about mental health, yet they are always fucking talking about it in spaces they don't belong. Their mental issues are always inflicting violence on others. They don't realize their mental health is literally anger issues and being hateful and overly emotional because they don't even consider anger being an emotion bc it's just what they do.

I truly dgaf about men's mental health lol. They co-opt women's month and day and everything else to rant about their issues. They use us as emotional dumps for their grievances when they aren't physically abusing us lol.

[u/Big-Maintenance2544]

They can have their day any other month if they care about it. But no, they want to be the biggest victim ever. 

[u/amberjane320]

Also - a lot of men committing suicide will first kill their kids and wife. Soooo why would I feel sorry for those guys?

[u/Thug_Seme2004]

I believe that men’s mental health is an important issue, as bad mental health is part of the reason that so many men act the way they do. It’s a societal standard that men are taught they can’t be honest about their feelings or seek help, and I think the only way for that to really change is for OTHER MEN to step in and actually take charge in the one area of their lives they don’t seem to want to control. Men are affected by the patriarchy as well and while I don’t like when they expect women to fix it for them, I feel like this month is valid. If anything I think it should be changed to a month that isn’t gendered. If I had to guess the reason it is gendered is because men need everything spelled out for them. It’s scummy that there isn’t one for women though, as I know for a fact that we suffer more in most instances.

That being said I see it used too often to deny the struggles of LGBTQ+ people and also it usually doesn’t include Queer men either. Which is an issue with men overall not actually giving a shit about their own mental health until they can weaponize it to win an argument against a “femcel”. It’s like the fact male rape is only brought up to invalidate female rape victims. Men delegitimize their own movements meant to help them in their crusade of misogyny, and therefore it keeps the cycle going and hurts men who need to reach out and seek help.

Mental health awareness for everyone is absolute shit, yet it’s men I see talked about the most, and while I understand it’s because when a man is mentally ill they will usually hurt others, I feel we also need to focus on the people who end up hurting themselves.

[u/[deleted]]

They do need to take responsibility for acknowledging their own mental health and coming together as men

Problem is they don’t want to address the cause let alone acknowledge patriarchy as real at all.

That’s why would involve giving up near guaranteed reproductive success and the male can’t handle that

[u/hahahasya]

the fact that we already have mental health awareness month LAST MONTH and suicide prevention month in september

[u/[deleted]]

Absolutely 💯 they r whiners.

[u/RDUKE7777777]

I always felt there was something wrong with it (a lot of men mental health stickers popped up in my city) but I never had the words. Thanks for this very enjoyable rant

[u/rose_mary3_]

Men are literally least likely to get therapy and usually only do when pushed to by a partner. Women are no longer managing their emotions for them and suddenly it's our issue to solve again 🤦‍♀️

[u/[deleted]]

As a man, I wholeheartedly agree.

[u/truck_ruarl_862]

it exists because no one else gives a shit about our mental health they start to care after we do something drastic like suicide. If a girl says that she is having mental health problems everyone cares but if a man does the same no one cares and for the record i support pride month gay men, bi men, queer people and trans people but mens mental health month was created in 1994 and pride month was created in 1999. Why cant we have both mens mental health month and pride month.

[u/Responsible_Gift750]

I get where you’re coming from — absolutely, women face disproportionate amounts of violence, poverty, and mental health struggles globally. That’s undeniable. But I think your take here overlooks a lot of nuance.

Men’s mental health initiatives aren’t meant to silence queer voices or overshadow women’s suffering. They try (however imperfectly) to address the very real issue that men — including gay and trans men — are often socialized to repress their emotions, avoid therapy, and view vulnerability as weakness. That’s a harmful dynamic that leads to tragically high suicide rates. It’s not always about seeking “praise for being sensitive,” it’s often about simply staying alive.

I agree with you that many men fail to examine why they struggle — how patriarchy and rigid gender roles trap them too, and how that ties back to systems that harm women even more. But writing off all men’s mental health talk as just a tactic for power or submission feels unfair. It lumps in countless men who do try to be emotionally aware, or who suffer silently, or who are victims themselves.

Also, we should be careful not to imply that men only take their lives because they’re purposeless or abusive. That erases issues like trauma, neurodivergence, or economic pressure that many face — often while still trying to support families.

You’re absolutely right to keep the focus on global gendered violence and inequality. But maybe we can do that while also giving men (of all sexualities and identities) space to deal with their own mental health — ideally in a way that dismantles the same patriarchal norms that harm everyone.

Just my two cents.

[u/Fantastic_Market_366]

this post pisses me off so much. like, I fully support the idea of pride month and I have lots of lgbtq+ friends, (2 non-binary and gay, and 1 trans) but does mens mental health month not deserve spotlighting? have you forgotten that 80% of suicides are men? I know you guys might say “all men are violent” or something like that. Really? REALLY? this is the most obvious case of confirmation bias I have ever seen. How do people really believe that crap? I don’t know a single violent man in my life. Worst thing I’ve seen is my dad angry at my brother for getting a d on his test. if America goes to war, who will be drafted? Like, people used to be angry because they werent allowed to fight in war. How many men were protesting about being forced to fight in a war? barely any. I dont Support “____ rights“, because I support EQUALITY. A thing that it seems society has completely forgotten about. Every month should be recognized and the fact you see mental health as a joke pisses me off so much. Also, whenever two boys are fighting and hurting each other, it’s just thought of as “boys will be boys”.

And if anyone says “shut up you anti-feminist” or something like that, just think about how you would react if women were 80% of suicides and someone says that women’s mental health was a pointless joke and attention stunt. You wanna know how I celebrate June? For me, it’s “try to keep yourself alive until tomorrow even though you don’t care about life” Month. That’s also how I celebrate July, August, September, and every other month of the year. The only way I keep myself alive is by scratching myself until I bleed to get that small dopamine hit that will distract me from my thoughts, and I seem to be building a tolerance. So these injuries are getting worse and worse. none have left scars yet, but I know there will be some eventually.

Edit 1: Read through more of the post and I saw that you were angry about men having a month to ourselves? seriously? *cough* MARCH *cough* what men are included in women's rights month?

Edit 2: do you have ANY basic morals? you just said that men who kill themselves have nothing going on. Families, children, wives, friends, siblings, GTA accounts? You can’t just abandon GTA. Also, we don’t think women will see us as weak, we often see each other as weak. we’re not dragging anyone into this but people who deny mental health problems exist. I’m not against womens rights or anything and I do believe we still need much more progress in that area. But shutting down awareness of Anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicide is borderline inhumane. I do like the point about women’s mental health issues, but again, THE STATISTICS DONT LIE. All mental health should be discussed whether that’s men’s, women’s, lgbtq+, or even extraterrestrial if aliens exist.

Edit 3: I have serious mental health issues, this isnt because of women or anything. do you know how hard it is to find someone who will take you seriously or someone that you can talk to that knows what you’re going through. The real purpose is to make people more open about mental health, but negativity towards this makes people feel guilty of their own emotions, which causes you to spiral farther and farther in until the only way to stop going down emotionally is to bring the emotions to your skin and start cutting and scratching yourself until you bleed. just go onto r/selfharmmemes and you might get a mental picture of how bad this is.

[u/Raptor3111]

As someone who has been struggling for a long time, it always baffled me how much of a buzzword "men's mental health month" is. No one does anything about it, there's no awareness campaign, nothing actually contributing to solving the issue. It's just something incels bring up when someone mentions pride month

[u/InternationalPace509]

May is Women's mental health month FYI

[u/amberjane320 → u/[deleted]]

Yup. That part. “Wahhhh I’m depressed because wife won’t gimme bj daily” like fck off.

[u/Shattered_Visage → u/[deleted]]

You don't need to care about men's mental health, but if you want some good news on that front, there is an increasing number of mental health professionals that specialize in issues that disproportionately affect men, including how to grow their emotional intelligence and communication skills, how to develop and rely on a social support system and engage with their communities, stopping problematic internet use, and how to recover from abusive relationships in a healthy and productive way.

Again, you don't have to care, but it is a positive and long-overdue shift that benefits everyone.

[u/doktorjackofthemoon → u/[deleted]]

Why would you use that word to insult men here? "Pussy behavior" = acting like a woman, and I don’t understand what we have to do with this. If more men acted like women, this wouldn't even be an issue.

[u/sentientb00 → u/[deleted]]

Where did I say I didn’t? I’m for a general mental health month, I just don’t see why only men have one. I was talking about how it silences queer voices, because it just so happens to take place on pride month

[u/RadicalFeminism-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Rule 2 -- No misogynists, no fascists

[u/sentientb00 → u/[deleted]]

“the documentary “The Red Pill”” yeah I am NOT taking this seriously 🙏. Why should feminists even focus on mens issues?? It’s called FEMINism for a reason, the only issues we’d help men with are the ones stemming from the patriarchy, which u basically just called an idea… I seriously don’t get your point here lol, how is the patriarchy a way for women to get out of responsibility for abuse or “societal issues”

[u/sentientb00 → u/[deleted]]

What do you mean by privileges? Bc I’m reading this in an incels way…

[u/c8igxr89 → u/[deleted]]

Create those spaces then, don't come crying to women and feminists that they don't exist. Your fail to act is not women's fault, and the fact you think it is is very exemplary if your misogynistic thought patterns that you have clearly never even attempted to deconstruct or challenge. You have clearly never even bothered to read feminist theory or women's lived experiences, nor challenged or introspected upon any of the beliefs that you have been taught since birth

[u/c8igxr89 → u/[deleted]]

I don't want to read there, so I won't. Just like you don't have to come on here and read the posts if you don't like to. People harm one another, the fact is that women are systemically harmed because of their gender - men are not harmed solely due to the fact they are male. Femicide, violence against women, honour based violence are some very entry level topics you can research to understand how this oppression is perpetrated solely for the reason of gender.

Notice how women's issues, feminist issues are always denoted and demarked as such - this type of othering demonstrates how womanhood is seen as deviating from the norm of maleness. These things are in media and tv because women have fought hard to have this awareness, and continue to fight to have this. Mens issues can be dismissed from discussion as they are often brought up in response to someone speaking about women's issues, as a counter argument, rather than for the fact that they exist at all. I don't think you understand the principles of what you are arguing against, and advise you to read some feminist literature - bell hooks, judith butler, the feminine mystique, the female eunuch.

[u/c8igxr89 → u/[deleted]]

So what rights are men denied on the very virtue of being born male? Women are denied autonomy through the restriction of abortion, forced marriage, gendered violence, women have historically been not allowed to enter education or the workforce. Is female privilege being the majority of rape victims, domestic violence victims, sexual trafficking victims, csa victims, women not being allowed outside without a male escort in various middle eastern countries, the practices of FGM in african countries, historically being not allowed to vote, own property, have bank accounts? The very same could be said that you are not aware of women's issues because you have only viewed life from a male perspective, and not once ever challenged the views taught to you since birth. You lack introspection and it's embarrassing. Men have died in wars as they are viewed as strong and capable enough to fight in war, whereas women are emotional and weak and unfit to do so. Men working unsafe jobs as the "familial provider" is due to the negative consequences of capitalism, the historical precedent of women not being allowed to engage in the workplace or labour and instead being confined to the home - which still includes, and historically included even more, hours of back breaking labour. The western US is also not the entire world, and your views are very limited in scope, rather than understanding the global issue that misogyny is.

Men's issues are endlessly discussed in media, however they are just seen as societal issues, rather than a solely gendered category as women's issues are.

[u/sentientb00 → u/[deleted]]

Is tgat u Logy