I won’t lie to you. The notion that men are part of an omniscient oppressor class, is a tantalising and exciting idea to believe in, much like any fantasy story or fairy tale.
I won’t act surprised when people buy into it. I’m sure it feels quite validating, to shake your fist at the sky and cry out against the patriarchy – rather than accept one’s own reality and individual responsibility.
And I understand those, who despite dwindling in number, still ardently hold onto these antiquated notions, and beat their chests appropriately.
I get it.
But what is disappointing and hard to understand for me, are how these ideas have been so readily adopted into some areas of the psychological industry – a science, to which ideology and dogmatic politics have no home.
Thankfully, only a small proportion of clinical psychologists have taken the bait; building gender critical discourse, and non-clinical political ideas into their treatment of highly vulnerable men.
Because I don’t know about you, but calling a man who is dealing with suicidal ideation “toxic” and a proponent of the patriarchy, isn’t in any psychological text book I’ve read.
And so the battle for men's mental health has begun, with the American Psychological Association, like a lost child, at its centre.
So which side are you on?
Should we expect more from our psychologists?
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Source
[1] https://tinyurl.com/ehddmvd
Study https://tinyurl.com/bdzku5ef
Centre for Male Psychology https://tinyurl.com/bdhck39x
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