The Problem is Toxic Masculinity, Not Mental Illness http://po.st/x7s4N4 via @edbrayton h/t @laurelaiissexy
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"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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