On Toxic Masculinity, Part One

Quick N' Nerdy

Toxic Masculinity: Men are twice as likely to experience a substance use disorder, are twice as likely to binge drink, are more likely to abuse heavy substances, are the victims of 78% of violent crimes, are 3.5x more likely to complete suicide, have higher rates of cancer and heart disease, and have an overall lower life expectancy. Compounding matters, men are less likely to seek care for physical and mental health. What's not working?

Check out this episode as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (aka Dr. Bayles and Dr. Phillips) explore the topic, history, and effects of toxic masculinity, a narrow set of characteristics emphasized for boys/men that seem to be negatively effecting society and boys/men.

Check out these resources used to address information in this episode:

APA Guidelines for treating boys and men

https://www.apa.org/about/policy/boys-men-practice-guidelines.pdf

Gender Differences in emotion expression https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597769/

Dr. Judy Chu - "When Boys Become Boys"

https://nyupress.org/9780814764800/

Peggy Orenstein - "Boys and Sex https://www.peggyorenstein.com/boysandsex

APA - "Harmful Masculinity and Violence"

https://www.apa.org/pi/about/newsletter/2018/09/harmful-masculinity

Peggy Orenstein - "The Miseducation of the American Boy" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/the-miseducation-of-the-american-boy/603046/

Michael Salter - "The Problem With a Fight Against 'Toxic Masculinity'"

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/02/toxic-masculinity-history/583411/

PBS - "The Culture of Masculinity and its Negative Impacts on Men" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-culture-of-masculinity-and-its-negative-impacts-on-men