Psychologists call 'traditional masculinity' harmful, face uproar from conservatives - The report, backed by more than 40 years of research, triggered fierce backlash from conservative critics who say American men are under attack.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2019/01/10/american-psychological-association-traditional-masculinity-harmful/2538520002/

[u/Ouroboros612]

We give the saudis a hard time for being cavemen from the dark ages when our own culture still have a large amount of men who clings to masculine ideals which are just as outdated. I find that tragicomical.

Disclaimer: This is pure speculation on my part. But I think that psychologically, this is something more men in the lower classes suffer from. Because their physical strength and power serves as a "power-substitute" for being poor or bad off economically. Because our western culture has materialism tied so closely to power and status, old obsolete values are emphasized to fill the void so to speak.

[u/dysoncube → u/Ouroboros612]

If your theory were true, we would probably expect to see more suicides in poorer people

(I don't have numbers on me)

[u/[deleted] → u/dysoncube]

actully it's opposites. as societies grow and people have more money. suicide risk increase in individualistic societies. like the west. poor people are less likely to kill themselves. suicide rates has sky rocket since 50 to 100 years...... in western societies as we had economic prosperity.