Strong, Silent Types - an interesting site I've just stumbled across
I found this site when I was reading the article about whether or not gay males are necessarily more abusive then straight males, and it caught my attention.
In fact, what I thought was a web site about gay males is actually about males (ie men and boys) in general. While I consider myself a 'feminist', I am *not* anti-male, as some would believe; and sometimes services that are 'available' to females, aren't always available to males. Things like sexual assault clinics or 'refuge' facilties for those who may experience intimate, domestic or family violence, medical services for 'men's health' or even counselling services where guys can feel free to get things off their chests if something is bothering them (so they don't have to go to the pub and get sloshed).
I don't know for certain, though the overwhelming statistics indicate that women are overwhelmingly on the receiving end of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, more likely to go to their doctors, and more likely to talk about what's bothering them. Or is it simply that they are more likely to talk about it, than what men are?
And it appears, at least on the surface, that men clearly have the upper hand in most areas of life. But what happens if, and when they don't? Especially when they are lead to believe they should have the upper hand, they should be 'strong', and if they aren't strong (or don't have the upper hand), they are told to 'toughen up', 'suck it up', to 'stop being a sissy' or 'suffer in silence'. In other words, they should be the 'strong, silent types' - and this is a very good title for this particular blog, and the many blokes around the world it speaks on (regardless of their race, their age, sexual orientation or whatever).
cheers,
Night Owl
In fact, what I thought was a web site about gay males is actually about males (ie men and boys) in general. While I consider myself a 'feminist', I am *not* anti-male, as some would believe; and sometimes services that are 'available' to females, aren't always available to males. Things like sexual assault clinics or 'refuge' facilties for those who may experience intimate, domestic or family violence, medical services for 'men's health' or even counselling services where guys can feel free to get things off their chests if something is bothering them (so they don't have to go to the pub and get sloshed).
I don't know for certain, though the overwhelming statistics indicate that women are overwhelmingly on the receiving end of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, more likely to go to their doctors, and more likely to talk about what's bothering them. Or is it simply that they are more likely to talk about it, than what men are?
And it appears, at least on the surface, that men clearly have the upper hand in most areas of life. But what happens if, and when they don't? Especially when they are lead to believe they should have the upper hand, they should be 'strong', and if they aren't strong (or don't have the upper hand), they are told to 'toughen up', 'suck it up', to 'stop being a sissy' or 'suffer in silence'. In other words, they should be the 'strong, silent types' - and this is a very good title for this particular blog, and the many blokes around the world it speaks on (regardless of their race, their age, sexual orientation or whatever).
cheers,
Night Owl
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