Hi everyone, I want to give you all a friendly reminder that this sub is r/mensupportmen

The name implies the purpose of the sub. Namely, it is designed to be a place for men to support other men.

There are a lot of lonely, hurting, angry and wounded (Physically and mentally) men in this world who rarely get the support that they need.

Society doesn't really do a great job at supporting it's men.

Men are about 2x as likely as women to have no one to rely on for emotional support.

In the US, over 1/4 of young men report having no close friends.

Worldwide men report higher levels of loneliness than women. This is especially true for young men.

In Western countries such as the U.S. older men remain the highest victims of suicide.

In every country, men are more likely to be the victims of homicide oftentimes as much as x3 the number of men are killed as women.

In general society has done a poor job at supporting or raising us to believe that support is something that should be available to us.

Worse, many of us have been taught to see other men as dangerous, competition, invulnerable, incompetent and not valuable. THIS IS WRONG!

We exist to be a place where men can get the support that they need.

This is not a place for any of the following:

Disrespecting your fellow man.

Dismissing men's anger

Dismissing men's sorrow

Dismissing men's joy

Dismissing men's fear

Incel-baiting/virgin shaming.

Tone policing.

Promoting hatred/violence.

Shouting down people for their political beliefs (If not extreme).

Hating on anyone's religion or lack thereof.

It is also not a place to hide behind our respect for the above things as an excuse to promote nonsense ideas.

The ONLY goal of this sub is to be a place where men can get the support that they need.

So before commenting on a post, ask yourself if what you just typed is actually supportive or if it is just a rage response because you don't agree with a person's viewpoint, lifestyle, or past actions.

If someone has posted something that is inconsistent with our values as a community or violate reddit's policies, please report them to the mod team.

But please don't engage in any vigilante justice or encourage hostility.

Not everyone who comes here is in the same psychological or emotional state and if we want to support other men we have to be cognizant of that

This isn't aimed at any one person in particular. In general this community has done a great job at being supportive, encouraging, and inspiring. I'm really proud of what we're doing here and I think all of you guys are awesome.

But over the past few months, I have had to hand out more warnings than I care to do in a place like this and it seems like the rate has picked up.

I know that a lot of us are getting our asses handed to us in the real world, so there's no hard feelings about the occasional slip up.

I will admit that I'm even guilty of occasionally going too far and I ask that you guys would hold me accountable if/when I do.

I really want us to have each other's backs and I wouldn't post this if I didn't think we were capable of doing it.

Okay rant over I love you guys. Have a great day.

EDIT: Fixed some of the goofy sentences because voice-to-text has once again made a fool of me.