The “Feminization” of Mental Health: "Today the takeover is almost complete.

overcontrol · 2011-05-22T21:47:32+00:00

We already have a mental healthcare system for males here in the U.S.

If a guy is mentally unstable, we simply wait for him to snap and commit some crime. If it's a boy we prescribe him a bunch of pills. If it's a man we dismiss him as having an untreatable pathology, prescribe him a jail cell with a man having similar mental health problems, and throw away the key.

The common politician will upon inquiry say "If it ain't broke don't fix it."

skorsak · 2011-05-23T00:51:32+00:00

But that male viewpoint has been so devalued in the course of empowering little girls for the past 40 or 50 years

This stuck out to me.

nepidae · 2011-05-22T21:48:51+00:00

I've pointed this out before, but the liberal arts departments tend to umbrella both psychology and women's studies... and naturally ostracize/attack anyone not towing the line, quickly becoming places hostile to men.

It is utterly unsurprising that there are increasingly fewer male mental health professionals. Just look at the educational process that would produce them to see why.

matt_512 · 2011-05-22T19:31:09+00:00

I've seen 4 different therapists in the past few years, all women. Maybe that's my problem. All they ever say is "oh you just lazy. You just need to get over it and go out and do something".

fonetiklee · 2011-05-22T19:21:35+00:00

My therapist is Dr. Jack Daniels. He's a miracle worker.

Phrodo_00 · 2011-05-22T23:15:40+00:00

Which is why nowdays we see scholarships and hiring preferences for male mental workers, as well as various outreach programs and... oh wait, we don't. Only fields like computer science do that, to women.

roland3337 · 2011-05-23T00:37:12+00:00

I teach people to be Mental Health counselors, and I've been seeing this for probably the last 8 years. And in all three of the classes I had this past semester, there was only one male.

I really do wonder what my profession is going to do about it. It is pretty clear to me that men are far better off talking about their problems with other men.

I would add one qualifier: A male counselor that self-identifies as a feminist, is no better, and often times worse, than a female counselor.

secaa23 · 2011-05-22T15:29:21+00:00

"... male viewpoint has been so devalued in the course of empowering little girls for the past 40 or 50 years that it is now all but lost in talk therapy."

Boys into girls, men into women.

2011-05-22T22:34:51+00:00

This isn't the feminization of mental health; more women are going into higher education jobs compared to 50 years ago, and they're flocking TO mental health and away from Engineering like disciplines.

roland3337 · 2011-05-22T23:56:11+00:00

There are some good female therapists who understand the different needs of a man and woman.

fonetiklee · 2011-05-23T04:19:12+00:00

Any man who has mental health issues and is seeking a therapist who doesn't actively seek out a male therapist is an idiot. Men understand other men better than a woman ever could. Considering the fact that psychology and psychiatry are very subjective "sciences," anchored heavily on "reading" the patient and determining underlying issues, it only makes sense that one who really wants help would go to somebody who is more likely to understand the underlying circumstances of their problems.

As a man, if I were a mental health practitioner, I would absolutely refuse to treat females, because I will be goddamned if I can understand women.

hogofwar · 2011-05-23T17:25:47+00:00

ManThoughts · 2011-05-22T20:13:23+00:00

I'd recommend a man find religion rather than go to therapy, but religion is becoming hopelessly feminized too.

Sigh.

2011-05-23T05:09:48+00:00

This doesn't strike me as a mens rights issue.

Title	The “Feminization” of Mental Health: "Today the takeover is almost complete.
Author	secaa23
Upvotes	98
Comments	58
Date	May 22, 2011 3:19 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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