Can't attempt to open up if there are no resources tailored specifically for men either. Y'all women got every bit of support you could possibly need, men just don't have it like that and until there are things in place specifically for us and the information that it's available is disseminated widely, we'll likely continue on the current path.
Lol, that's what I've been saying in this entire thread.
Why would any sane person, open up to a society that fundamentally do not care about them at all, even to their partners that also believe the exact same shit, implicitly or explicitly?
Why?
Lol, like, men not opening up isn't the problem, the problem is nobody cares about men outside of what we can do for romantic partners, family and nation. We are an ATM, a dildo, a soldier, or a worker.
We are valued for what we do, not for what we are. There's no intrinsic value to a man. We know that. We are merely tools, a means to an end.
So yeah, until that changes, we gonna keep our shit to ourselves because nobody understands what it is like besides other men that understands this dynamic of manhood.
Women don't understand this dynamic because their own thinking about what a "good man" is, perpetuates it.
They just now got to the stage of "Wow, I didn't know men have feelings - they might wanna talk about it." Which is like the first stage of recognizing intrinsic value in someone. But then they use it against men, "Oh, the sensitive, vulnerable men are good, the men that refuse to talk about their pain have 'toxic masculinity'."
The overall perception of what manhood is still on Step 0.
