"We’ve seen it since the Parkland school shootings in all the memes criticizing Trump for blaming it on mental illness while simultaneously complaining that he signed a bill that withdrew Obama-era restrictions on those with mental illnesses buying guns."http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/19/problem-toxic-masculinity-not-mental-illness/#PFhoF70yvcXyJc8x.99 …
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"About 18% of adults struggle with [anxiety disorders like PTSD, OCD or various phobias]. Another 7% or so struggle with depression. Then you have conditions like schizophrenia, anorexia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder"http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/19/problem-toxic-masculinity-not-mental-illness/#PFhoF70yvcXyJc8x.99 …
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"But we can get more specific than that as well. There are studies that look at what percentage of killers have some form of mental illness, and it turns out to be a pretty small percentage."http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/19/problem-toxic-masculinity-not-mental-illness/#PFhoF70yvcXyJc8x.99 …
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"So why is this problem of mass shootings so prevalent [in the USA]? Why doesn’t Finland have regular mass killings? Or Scotland? Or Switzerland? Or Japan? The answer can’t lie in genetics, which means it must lie in culture and policy." http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/19/problem-toxic-masculinity-not-mental-illness/#PFhoF70yvcXyJc8x.99 …"
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"Men [...] constitute almost all mass shooters in recent history [& are] responsible for the vast majority of gun-associated deaths [...] 89% of murder-suicides are committed by men, and most often include an unwitting female partner or ex-partner."http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/19/problem-toxic-masculinity-not-mental-illness/#PFhoF70yvcXyJc8x.99 …
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"The men [are] those who [have] this toxic view of masculinity that tells them that [violence is] the only [way] to express emotion [&] those who are [bullied by] those men[. T]he root cause [...] is in our [...] ideas of what it means to be a man."http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/19/problem-toxic-masculinity-not-mental-illness/#PFhoF70yvcXyJc8x.99 …
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Hmm … borderline to victimising poor little white men? “those who hold to this toxic view of masculinity that tells them that the only acceptable way for men to express emotion or grievance is through violence, and those who are often the victims of those men, bullied ...”
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What do you mean?
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Well, it seems to somehow be trying to displace the burden of responsibility. Men are either affected by this *toxic* belief or are victims of those afflicted ...
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I get it but I think the problem is that boys, and even girls sometimes, who are largely innocent get sucked in. But yes, I agree with you.
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Sure, but... you know what I mean (what I fear)
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Absolutely.
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I am happy to admit it may be a significant part of the problem, but toxic masculinity is pretty abundant and mass shootings are relatively rare, so it cannot be the whole story, can it?
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Not every person who smokes gets cancer...
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Fair enough, but no one claims that the problem with cancer is smoking and not predisposition.
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The problen with metaphors for a thing is that certain people will take them literally and over extend them. Metaphors for a thing aren't identical to the thing.
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