American Psychological Association Guidelines for Practice with Boys and Men

KeffirLime · 2019-01-18T06:33:05+00:00

"Understanding the socially constructed nature of masculinity and how it affects boys and men,"

Right off the bat, starts out with denying any inherent features of masculinity and instead attributes it to a social construction. Apparently every species on earth has inherent masculine and feminine roles/behaviours except human beings, ours were all socialized.

This is just another cancerous document, aimed at molding/watering down masculinity into an unrecognizable puddle to further the feminine imperative

The field of psychology is particularly dangerous for men going forward. They're receiving the same level of unquestionable god-like authority as doctors, but they are hopelessly out of touch with with the wants and needs of men.

The reason why men are not happy is not because their very core and fiber is being repressed and attacked, their natural urges and behavior demonized, while they wonder hopelessly lost, afflicted by a gaping hole in competent masculine leadership and guidance.

No, instead it's because they're privileged, sexist and emotionless.

SKRedPill · 2019-01-18T05:45:21+00:00

You are a man.

No one gives a fuck about you underneath that lip service.

Make yourself abundant. It's the lesson you were meant to learn.

Atavisionary · 2019-01-18T13:13:49+00:00

I don't know where this got his numbers, but he claims the APA membership is 58% women, 75% of graduates students are women.

This roughly matches my own research which found that 62% graduate level psych grads were female a number of years ago. It could have increased since then.

Psychology as a field is mostly far-left liberal. Social psychology "is essentially an ideological and political echo-chamber that is considerably more left-wing politically than the general population. 80% of social psychologists identify as liberal, while only 3 out of 1000 identify as conservative. Contrast this with the general population which is 40% conservative and only 20% liberal. I single out social psychology here, but the same basic pattern is true for any social "Science." Also, this demographic has been changing dramatically in recent times. It was much more balanced in the past and progressively became more infiltrated and through selection more ideological narrowed. Considering both the political taint and the great potential for femsplainations, and it is no surprise it has gotten so bad.

These people aren't scientists, and their studies aren't science. They are ideological and partisan hacks who use fake and misleading data to masquerade their delusional opinions and desires as "science." They did this because they wanted to steal the credibility of real sciences like physics and chemistry which actually benefit the world to push their tainted points of view. For some reason, most people bought the ruse and attribute to them some authority on these subjects. And now we have to deal with shit like this. Feels bad man.

eccentricrealist · 2019-01-18T19:46:37+00:00

The last time I went to a psychologist was after my parents divorced and she spent the entire session convincing and emphasizing that my birth was an accident. From then on the premise in the sessions was that my existence was undesirable, and let me tell you it's not a good frame of mind for a thirteen year old. Most psychologists are shit, especially those that ignore evolutionary reality.

KeithR420 · 2019-01-18T15:45:27+00:00

ive seen many guys especially from my high school being pussyfied..ofc i dont go preaching red pill and smile to myself thinking 'the more the betas the better for me' but...this means less competition AND its fellow men who are being driven to betaism.

tempolaca · 2019-01-18T08:19:31+00:00

Never ever go to a psychologist. If you have mental problems (everybody gets depression once or twice in their life, it's normal) go to a psychiatrist, that's a real doctor, not an unscientific snake-oil seller.

CainPrice · 2019-01-18T17:56:45+00:00

The narrative goes that men are angry, violent, depressed, suicidal, and have a whole range of other mental health problems.

And the reason for this is masculinity. They've been made to feel their entire lives how privileged and entitled they are for being men by an insidious system that teaches men privilege and entitlement (while oppressing women) without ever saying it out loud or making these inherent life lessons obvious to anybody.

Then, when their privilege and entitlement don't reward them with great success automatically, men become angry and violent and depressed because of toxic masculinity. As we all know, we've been taught since birth by our hyper-masculine fathers to suppress all emotion and to tie our entire sense of self worth into our sexual and professional successes, so when we can't get laid and can't get rich, as our sense of entitlement and privilege tell us we're supposed to, we're all going postal and hurting people then killing ourselves.

The solution is, of course, to get rid of masculinity. Once people stop teaching us that "real men" have sex with women, we won't even want to have sex any more because we won't feel like our identity as men depends on it. We will be completely satisfied by having close emotional relationships with other unsuccessful men that we aren't afraid to hug.

Imperator_Red · 2019-01-18T22:07:53+00:00

This is what happens when you give women power.

SoulRebel99 · 2019-01-19T08:59:42+00:00

This makes me enraged. "Who is John Galt" and then stopping the motor of the world is becoming a more palatable outcome.

neltcria · 2019-01-19T14:57:50+00:00

I see good and bad in these guidelines, but I also find them very telling of our current political flavor. I noted a few things in the guidelines, but the one that really jarred me:

"researchers have found that men tend to overestimate the degree to which other men hold sexist beliefs, and that developing awareness of this discrepancy reduces sexist beliefs (Kilmartin et al., 2008). To further help accomplish this goal, psychologists are encouraged to explore their perceptions of boys and men and to understand that, although not all boys and men hold sexist ideologies, these beliefs are ingrained in the culture at large."

So, let me get this straight: we, as men, think that other men are sexist pigs, and are surprised to find out that we're really not. Then, we are reminded that while not all boys and men hold sexist beliefs (and what percentage is that btw?), we are told that we are still sexist and that our sexist beliefs (which again, we just found out really don't exist), are held by men at large.

_ramu_ · 2019-01-18T08:11:08+00:00

Any article that tries to talk about male suicide rates and depression and doesn't mention porn/masturbation addiction, discredits itself and shows that the authors have no real knowledge whatsoever.

WinjetRed · 2019-01-18T17:46:16+00:00

That sounds like a shit sandwich. Some nice fluff on the outside surrounding a big pile of shit. I'd say more but you covered it pretty good.

P.S. if you take your sons to any of these guys for help keep a close fucking eye on them. The wrong one could do more harm than good if they are telling him they can help him but first he needs to accept that his problems are because he's an oppressive shitlord and he needs to man the fuck up and pull out his plow-horse saddle.

ExcellentStudio · 2019-01-19T14:22:39+00:00

Absolutely insane. The APA is a medical organization. Whether or not what they are trying to do is "good" is irrelevant, the real question is why the fuck did they decide to get into the business of changing social issues? What medical benefit does recognizing privilege confer?

CORE BELIEF:	I believe in equality (Idealism)	There is no such thing as equality (Reality)
WHY:	We must aspire to and realise a world without borders, discrimination and differences. All must be given a chance to survive and succeed, because all lives are equal and have the potential to become more. We celebrate diversity and opportunity. All differences are social constructs that must be eliminated, for we are all human.	From the moment we are born we are unequal. If we truly were equal, I would look the same, be the same and think the same as everyone else so that nobody has an advantage or disadvantage. That way, there would be no need to balance anything. But it isn't so. Thus, in reality there is a difference. If there is a difference, there must be losers and winners in a system, caused by advantages. Success is to become a winner. With or against advantages. Regarding potential - a blank sheet of paper has great potential, yet it remains worthless until it has realised it.
SYSTEM:	Equality is the simplification of the myriad factors that come into play in any system into a balancing act pitting each force against the others - if one rises too far, it must be suppressed so as not to disrupt the balance. The collective is more valuable than any individual.	All human beings act in their self-interest.

American Psychological Association Guidelines for Practice with Boys and Men

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Title	American Psychological Association Guidelines for Practice with Boys and Men
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