Sadly, suicide is the greatest risk to a man’s life under 50; and loneliness has been identified as arguably its most important associated factor (thanks to the incredible work of my friend Dr Susie Bennett @male_suicide_research) And yet, such a topic is so often the subject of ridicule, minimisation, hostility and false equivalence; so often laughed and sneered at, scolded or mocked, waved away or compared to something entirely irrelevant. Think about that – The biggest associated factor, to the greatest risk of death to men, is something routinely laughed at And so the antidote to the thing that robs the world of 720,000 men every year, is taken from us. The conversations that might otherwise save them, are forbidden, hijacked and gate kept; held hostage by those who, somehow, consider themselves bastions of equality (?!) We’ve all seen it. The terrible comments beneath that well meaning post. The finger snappin’ podcast kween, trampling on lonely men, for clicks and likes. The blank face of disinterest, that rolls its eyes when pleaded with. The spluttering, nonsensical diatribes that shame and blame men, and cram the words of “help” back into their mouths, which for generations have been wired shut. Those who once asked “men to talk”, now yells at them to “shut up!” How many men must pay with their lives, for another person’s ignorance and bigotry? Well, now the sharp lens of science has peered into the issue; examining content from the emerging left wing social media network ‘BlueSky’; to analyse, quantify and decypher what the hell is going on… Who is saying what, where, and how? Why must ‘male loneliness’ be so contentious, and polarised? And how can so many be so allergic to showing the bare minimum of compassion, to such a huge army of men, who live so deep in the doldrums of loneliness? What do you think? ~ Read the full report by the Young Men Research Initiative here https://tinyurl.com/2kdty7sy #maleloneliness #malelonelinessepidemic #mensmentalhealthawareness

2026-01-16