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[-] Katrisia@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Some areas or fields have a difficult time reaching men, including young men, and it's not because they are not wanted. Let's take psychiatry, for example. Many people already believe psychiatry is nonsense; add to this the common idea that psychiatric treatment is for cowards—and that cowardice is mostly for women (because women can be many bad things, but men can't)—, and that's a recipe for men scoffing at the idea of visiting a psychiatrist (and a psychotherapist, by extension).

I've also heard people complaining about a lack of role models, but there are excellent role models. I hope I am not wrong about them, but I admire Stephen Fry, John Oliver, Keanu Reeves, Bill Nye... I also like many small influencers. Some of them talk about being a man with great insight, such as @watchfulcoyote on TikTok.

I cannot say with certainty how free these radicalized young men were to choose a better path than the one they are on, and it probably varies from case to case, but I know there were and are normal and decent people watching out for them.

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