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University of Akron Professor Ronald Levant has done extensive research on this topic and calls it Traditional Masculinity Ideology. He says the entire construct of masculinity is damaging to both men and women and enforces rigid gender roles that impacts men’s mental and physical health. We need men to challenge this directly and amplify their voices above the virulence in social media. This has to be a team effort, not just women fighting to be seen as equally valuable human beings. Great piece.

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Elaine Gilmartin
Elaine Gilmartin

Written by Elaine Gilmartin

A therapist by profession, a runner by passion, a writer by necessity.

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