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http://www.vice.com/en_au/read/being...-mental-health
"A new study published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology has associated men's sexist behaviours towards women with negative mental health outcomes. Turns out that conforming to toxic masculine stereotypes all the time is actually a massive strain on the brain. "
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rel...cou0000176.pdf
"Examining findings from more than 19,000 participants, the study's researchers considered the effects of 11 masculine "norms" that included emotional control, self-reliance, risk-taking, violence, winning, dominance, playboy behaviours, seeking power over women, and holding disdain for homosexuals. As the study notes, not all men exhibit these traits—they're constructs that society perpetuates as gender-dictated norms"
"It was found that only four of these typically masculine behaviours could be linked to poor mental health outcomes such as depression—emotional control, playboy behaviours, self-reliance, and exerting power over women. Men who exhibited these traits were more likely to seek psychological help than those who did not."
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