The growing plight of the middle-aged white man

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2015-12-11 22:18

Article here. Excerpt:

'While many – myself included – applaud the rise of women as breadwinners and business leaders, the plight of the middle-aged male can’t be ignored, specifically since recent data showa troubling spike in suicide rates for this demographic. It’s what Salon magazine recently dubbed the “Willy Loman crisis.”

The article characterizes this cohort of white, middle-class men as having once been masters of the universe – until they weren’t. Forced to face challenging economic conditions as a result of the 2008 economic meltdown, many felt there was no alternative but to end their lives.

It’s not just a U.S. problem. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, men die by suicide at four times the rate of women and, in Ontario, over the past 10 years, more men died from suicide than car crashes.
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It’s also hard to draw attention to the plight of middle-class white males without falling into the open arms of the men’s rights movement, a “manosphere” populated by misogynists who blame women and feminism for all of men’s woes. Let’s be clear: Feminism isn’t to blame for this issue. In fact, it may be part of the solution.

“Women, and feminists in particular, have been saying for decades that they want men to be more open with their feelings and want men to abandon masculine ideas of rugged individualism, so it makes no sense for women to somehow be blamed when men fail to seek help,” argued Cliff Leek, a Brooklyn-based doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University and the managing editor of the research journal Men and Masculinities.

Men, he observed, need to adjust to a more equal work environment and that includes addressing their own assumptions that they are more entitled to positions or promotions than their female peers.

“The idea that men are being ‘unfairly’ overlooked for promotions and hiring is premised on the misguided idea that women who are hired are not qualified or are less qualified than men. This simply isn't the case,” said Mr. Leek, adding that research shows women often need to have more experience than men in order to be seen as equally qualified.'

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Whatever happens, it's always the man's fault.

Whatever happens, it's never the woman's fault.

To say the obvious, if women were committing suicide at higher rates than men, we would all be expected to do something about it. But when it's men, it's their fault for not showing their emotions enough--or whatever.

Maybe, of course, that's why men commit more suicide--they are blamed for everything. Men are the bottom-line sex: the buck always stops with the man. A woman can always blame someone else.

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Submitted by el cid on Sun, 2015-12-13 14:52

I couldn't help but hover the mouse cursor over the link as I was curious which publication this was from. I'm not at all surprised it was taken from the Globe and Mail. That paper is leftist drivel.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sat, 2015-12-19 04:36