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Major Nikon

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1. Often it means you have it worse as a man

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 05:53 AM

Jan 2013

To their credit, women tend to have intricate support networks. As someone else pointed out, women have shelters, men have jails. I don't think PTSD affects men and women that much differently, but as they are perceived as the weaker sex, women tend to get more sympathy and support when it happens. Men are socialized to be self sufficient and to not appear weak or show pain.

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Emasculating. What does that really mean, aside from the literal? [View all] Denninmi Jan 2013 OP

Often it means you have it worse as a man Major Nikon Jan 2013 #1

But, do you think it has to be that way? Denninmi Jan 2013 #2

I don't think it has to be that way, nor should it Major Nikon Jan 2013 #3

I hate to admit this, but you are completely right about that. Denninmi Jan 2013 #4

I'm not convinced about the last paragraph. noamnety Jan 2013 #6

I would say "Deprecation of the positive attributes the target associates with their masculinity" lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #5