#mandictionary

my_nan_is_boss · 2015-01-01T17:18:04+00:00

You should get out the CALM website. They're a fantastic charity that deal with men's mental heath problems amongst other things. Cannot give them enough praise.

https://www.thecalmzone.net/

Revoran · 2015-01-01T16:56:41+00:00

It's awesome to see this issue actually getting some attention. Truly unbelievable that males kill themselves at a rate 3-4 times that of females, and this holds true in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. If you compare divorced men to divorced women it's 12 times higher. But instead of confronting and investigating this we hand-wave it away with "but women make more attempts" (which isn't comparable since you can make many attempts but only 'succeed' once) and "but men are more likely to use guns or jump off a bridge".

Although the sign should actually read:

One of the twelve men who takes their own lives every day in this country.

IcarusBurning · 2015-01-01T16:15:20+00:00

Where is this?

mightyflynn · 2015-01-01T19:08:15+00:00

That's a hell of an ad. It takes more than talking to solve this problem, but talking is a fantastic place to start. I love seeing change like this.

Happy new year's, r/mensrights. Here's to a fantastic 2015.

ProfKinkyBoots · 2015-01-01T17:38:59+00:00

There is one near me. I read it today on the way to the shops; it gave me a smile. It's in Lee, Lewisham, London. ~ "Manicure. A fully loaded fry up the morning after a heavy night.

adreamtomeat · 2015-01-01T21:25:16+00:00

Very important issue.

This was in Vancouver recently: http://www.manupagainstsuicide.ca/

IgnatiusBSamson · 2015-01-01T21:27:21+00:00

This is wonderful.

KRosen333 · 2015-01-02T03:46:16+00:00

This is what I like seeing on my front page.

:) Keep being awesome, /r/MensRights!

COYAD · 2015-01-02T09:45:25+00:00

12 a day

Holy fuck. Is this true? Does the Department of Justice keep tabs on suicide, even though it's not a crime? What's the most reliable source for this kind of thing? I just don't want to sound like the 1 in 5 morons, but it's kind of hard to misinterpret a suicide.

"Have you ever died while under the influence of alcohol? Then it wasn't a suicide because you couldn't consent."

What's causing all these male suicides anyway? Hormones? "DO A FLIP NO BALLS"? Veterans/cops? Societal pressure? Just good ol sexual dimorphism? Most of the people I've met that have admitted to having suicidal thoughts were women - especially in the teenage years - but I'm no scientist and I've never conducted a study for it.

Professor_Yaffle · 2015-01-01T15:36:34+00:00

Here's the campaign page, along with responses, some bizarre.

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so_smog_hog · 2015-01-02T01:56:18+00:00

One in twelve. That's shocking.

14M73G3ND · 2015-01-02T01:57:25+00:00

Oh I saw an ad on a bus stop for this website and totally forgot about it until now. Thanks for posting, it seems like a good one.

Progressisgood · 2015-01-02T06:01:04+00:00

I spent a decade denying the way I felt. Waking up everyday with an unearned sense of dread, turning the smallest issues into crusades, dealing with crippling self loathing and hatred all for no reason. I could never figure out why the only emotions I ever felt were anger, sadness and fear. It wasn't until years later when I had to be sat down and told that I needed to be evaluated that I discovered I had an Anxiety disorder coupled with Massive Depression. I wasted years of my life feeling that way everyday for no other reason then my own inherited biology; I think it's great that there are rapid we out there discussing the issues regarding depression in men and hopefully the stigma can one day be removed and men won't have to feel shame about dealing with an issue inherent to their biology.

Sorry for the rant.

warspite88 · 2015-01-01T18:33:48+00:00

good to see this!! supporting!

Just a reminder that Feminism is the most successful hate movement in history. Its hate towards men and its policies over the years have helped lead to tremendous misery and suicide rates for men. Thankfully people are waking up to feminism's failures and to mens suffering.

MinRinMin · 2015-01-02T08:19:58+00:00

We should somehow front page this

Title	#mandictionary
Author	discordkestrel
Upvotes	1197
Comments	63
Date	January 1, 2015 2:10 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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