The rules of toxic masculinity suggest that to be a real man you should never lose, have no needs, suffer in silence, show no emotions except bravado and anger, be independent, show no weakness.
It’s an impossible code to live by and it hurts everyone.
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12/22/23 • 5 min
The Richard Nicholls Mental Health Podcast - Toxic Masculinity
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Hello, me again, and this week I want to talk about that old chestnut, toxic masculinity. Back in the early 90s, an educator named Paul Kivel published a book called Men's Work, How to Stop the Violence that Tears Our Lives Apart. It was all about the work he'd been doing for about 10 years working in colleges and high schools in San Francisco.
RichardAnd before that he was working on the Oakland Men's P
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