How very sad. :( I am glad it is being brought up though. Part of it is cultural. Men are culturally supposed to be manly and dominant and its hard to get out

How very sad. :( I am glad it is being brought up though. Part of it is cultural. Men are culturally supposed to be manly and dominant and its hard to get out of the gendered mindset and both acknowledge it exists, it is a serious problem and talk about it. Both gender stereotypes (man and woman) can be harmful to the individual. In fact, Most stereotypes are harmful to the individual. If we don't open up our services to men (and take men seriously) then we are preventing many men from getting help. Not only in a physical way, but in a psychological way as well. (They may think that they are the only ones or blame themselves because they think they are weak) The good news is around here it is changing. Our "Woman's Shelter" was renamed to something generic and they now concentrate on providing services to men as well and emphasis men are welcome. The bad news is rather than talk about it in a rational way I fear this thread will slip into a lot of visceral hatred.