In my country, NZ, it's always been that way - men aged 15 - 30 are disproportionately higher in suicide statistics. There's varying theories why, but our cult

In my country, NZ, it's always been that way - men aged 15 - 30 are disproportionately higher in suicide statistics. There's varying theories why, but our culture's emphasis on the "strong silent stoic man" is above and beyond the quiet stoicism expected of men in general. That stoicism/quiet desperation was often used to sell products. E.g., the Speights (a terrible beer) Southern Man... https://youtu.be/q25aJ6UNvhw https://youtu.be/q25aJ6UNvhw https://youtu.be/Su0MCBim7FA https://youtu.be/Su0MCBim7FA Barry Crump's "Good Keen Man" deerculler persona used to sell Hiluxes... https://youtu.be/iqwnr2sza_o?si=mmRvEiEMa6pLKDbo https://youtu.be/iqwnr2sza_o?si=mmRvEiEMa6pLKDbo https://youtu.be/_yj1gff-ndc?si=mcGjE44Ys20g5ILz https://youtu.be/_yj1gff-ndc?si=mcGjE44Ys20g5ILz https://youtu.be/bGGX8sPOFAg?si=jldACun8AdRPuUyC https://youtu.be/bGGX8sPOFAg?si=jldACun8AdRPuUyC https://youtu.be/VCkjBKjCikU?si=69GZwGalke2bc_nj https://youtu.be/VCkjBKjCikU?si=69GZwGalke2bc_nj Barry Crump, a national legend based on his books about his deer culling days, was revealed after his death to be an alcoholic wife beater. Nobody was shocked. And of course, rugby culture encourages quiet manly suffering. Here's renowned All Black Buck Shelford talking about losing three teeth, suffering a concussion, and then losing a testicle, all in one game of rugby. But he kept playing on, because that's what a Kiwi man does, according to the mythos. https://youtu.be/nvy32d-jk4E?si=a68eL2btXL8hmdNU https://youtu.be/nvy32d-jk4E?si=a68eL2btXL8hmdNU Young men who don't measure up to this artificial concept of masculinity then feel like even more of a failure, and well, you know.