Men’s Health/Psychology/Politics

Being a Man Doesn’t Demand Being Toxic

Men who cling too strongly to traditional masculinity are more likely to experience mental health consequences

Loren A Olson MD
An Injustice!
Published in
7 min readOct 9, 2020

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Young boy crying.
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When I was about nine-years-old, I tearfully called my widowed mother at her work to say, “I can’t get the lawnmower started.”

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Gay father; Psychiatrist; Award-winning author FINALLY OUT. Chapter excerpt here: http://bit.ly/2EyhXTY Top writer on Medium. Not medical advice.