What Is A Man? - Masculinity In Crisis?!

Are you a man, or do you know any men? Do you care about men? A new power reveals that half of all men want to end their own lives and are living in despair. Why is this? What's causing it? Buh! Hello there, you 6.4 million Awakening Wonders. Thanks for joining me on this voyage to Truth and Freedom. Together we can awaken from the dream of systems

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you're a man, one of the nearly half of all men that are on the precipice of taking your own life according to a new poll. What is this crisis in masculinity? Why are men feeling so desperate and alone? Are you a man, or do you know men? Let us know in the comments and chat. What you feel? How you're coping with reality and what you think

it is that's causing this crisis. First of all, I'll read you some of the details from the survey. According to a new poll from Equimundo, 44% of men are suicidal and 65% of Gen Z men say no one really knows me well. According to a 2022 Washington Post report, suicide is spiking among young men. Suicide increased 35% from 1999 to 2018. This seems to be a

significant existential crisis, comparable in my mind at least to the fall in fertility. It's a pandemic. It's a pandemic of despair. When 44% of people are considering taking their own life, they have to be cultural and social connotations. This has to be a crisis that goes beyond the individual. When you have a spike in addiction, a spike in despair, people not wanting to participate in society,

people thinking that they are alone and nobody really knows them. It's a just that we need a massive cult of people. Let's have a look at how the mainstream media are reporting on this subject. It's always been astonished by the number of men that consider taking the most drastic possible measure. A mentor of mindset that taking your own life is the ultimate transformation. It's an attempt

to change radically. It's also an expression of total despair. What is it about our culture that means that such an unnatural act is becoming relatively normal? What does it tell us about our values? What does it tell us about the messages that men in particular for this video, I know that it's not exclusively men. What is it about the culture? What is being created and what

is not being served? There's causing this new pandemic. We're focusing on men. What we see is that men are three to four times more likely to die by suicide than women. Clinical psychologist Dr. Kelsey Bradshaw says the number of suicides among men have climbed in recent years. That's an interesting piece of information and it needn't be divisive. If we have a more open conversation about what

it means to be a man or what it means to be a woman, then that means that it's okay for us to be a woman. To be a man or a woman, to embrace and communicate a wide and varying range of emotions that it is possible for you to be a traditional inverted commas man and acknowledge vulnerability. Or to be a new expression of masculinity or

maleness. And similarly be open. Wherever you stand on the scale between traditional and progressive, having an open conversation about the way that you feel can only be positive. We're seeing probably more concerns for suicidal thoughts and actions overall. Part of the problem says Bradshaw gender norms. This idea of masculinity or what it means to be a man. And historically that has often led or meant to

tend to downplay emotions, not express emotions, to not be vulnerable to confide. And so those present real barriers. I once did a piece of live work in which I read and looked at many men's last words. Some were text messages, some were email, some were old school. Traditional last words in written form. The consistent themes as I observed them having looked at, you know, dozens of

these notes were men feeling that then taking that act was going to be better for everybody else in their lives. That they were under financial pressure to an incredible degree. Financial pressure was nearly always mentioned that they were not good enough. But what was perhaps most remarkable of all was how recognizable the words were. They didn't seem extraordinary. They were not describing conditions that I didn't

recognize. In fact, I recognized all of those notes and all of those feelings. I felt to a degree that I almost could have written them. I feel that the line between people that take their own lives and don't take their own lives is thinner and more blurred than we might imagine. That it's a possibility that exists for many of us. And increasingly we're feeling under social

pressure to be a certain type of man that we are not good enough that we don't know where our roles are, that there's incredible financial pressure that we don't know how to communicate our emotions correctly. Stigmatization around discussing emotions that we lack the kind of relationships that are anthropologically necessary by which I mean specifically elders with whom we can be open and accountable peers, with whom

we can share our most immediate fears underlings or people that are younger than us that we can mentor, that we have a purpose, meaning and a set of values and traditions that we can refer to. As increasingly our lives are defined by our economic role. What do you do for living? What do you want to be when you're older? I feel that my life is now

a lack of economic vitality. I feel that men are losing their sense of personal value. I'm sure that many of you feel that the culture war and the way that masculinity is handled almost exclusively as a toxic and negative influence in our culture has an impact. We won't be able to make this content which I hope is helpful to you without our commercial partners. Here is

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forward less and less of us are going to be able to if the AI revolution and technological automation revolution goes the way many people believe it will less and less people are going to be economically required. What then will be our value? What is our meaning? What is the relationship that may be in the world? What can we then have with one another and to women

and to people of all genders, and to children, and to animals and to nature? What are we here to do? My belief is that we have to have a set of spiritual values rather than simple economic imperatives with which to underwrite our role and our place here. I believe that we have to have a conversation around masculinity. They include the positive aspects of masculinity. That doesn't

mean that patriarchy has been an entirely benevolent force in this world. That doesn't mean that men are not capable of violence and transgression, but it does mean that there are other aspects of masculinity that need to be highlighted and discussed in the broader cultural conversation. And individually we have to connect with one another in a more sensible, loving, open, transparent and balanced way. I'm fortunate enough

to belong to men's groups where I get to hear men talking openly and vulnerably about their struggles with being a member of a family, not being a member of a family, dealing with economic success, dealing with economic failure. Not having a job, having problems with substances, having problems with behavior, having problems with food, participating in these conversations allows me to break out of the prison of

solipsism and despair that I sometimes naturally feel. I've had thoughts like that in my life many times more recently than I am willing to admit. And oftentimes it's been because I've been uncertain of my purpose, unsure of how to be useful and of service to other people. Often feelings of deep shame about my body and my identity. I've got my purpose here is and what value

I can offer to society. And I think without the ongoing support of a group of men and mentors, I would struggle. I'm very fortunate that being an addict, I participate daily in those kind of groups and systems. And if you think about it anthropologically, that makes sense that I have elders that I can turn to for advice and for wisdom. I have peers that I can

turn to for comfort and humor and conviviality. And I have a sense of duty. Data from the CDC shows that suicide rates differ by age. And it's highest among white, middle-aged men. The correct assumption that many people that occupy top positions economically and financially are white males might lead to men elsewhere in the social and hierarchical system being forgotten, neglected or smeared. Because most CEOs and

chairman are white men, that doesn't mean all white men are chairman and CEOs. So when talking about the nature of privilege, I feel a lot of men are being discarded by the wayside. That doesn't mean it isn't important. It's important to discuss diversity and what diversity means and the lack of women and people with different types of identity in senior roles. But it does mean that

often ordinary men of all colors are not being addressed in this particular forum around these particular subjects. Dr. Bradshaw says part of the challenge for men at risk is a lack of access to services. So we need to get more people able to provide those services and continue to offer access. People take their own lives because they don't want to be here anymore. That they think

I wish I'd known. I wish I'd been able to do more. I wish they'd communicated. And I wish I'd be a woman or anyone in a position where you're thinking that that might be the best alternative. And I know that some of you do think like that because the data tells us that it's alarmingly common. Then what I suggest to you is that you communicate openly.

And if you don't feel you have anyone that you can openly communicate about those kind of subjects with, then I would encourage you to interrogate that idea more. Because I'm a member of numerous communities where I can openly say, I don't like myself, I feel worthless, I've considered ending my own life. And the response I get is that you're bit worse, you're more than a person

who's been able to communicate with you. And I wish I'd be a woman or anyone who's been able to communicate with you. And I wish I'd be a woman or anyone in a position where you're thinking that that might be the best alternative. That's disposable. It's pretty clear, isn't it? That the consequences of that will be that people don't feel that they are of any value

at all. And if there are no value, there's no point in them continuing to participate. Perhaps I can offer you this, whoever you are and whatever you feel, you are supposed to be alive. There is always hope. There is always the possibility for redemption. There is always the possibility for taking on board a new set of ideals that will necessarily lead to new relationships. Culturally we

have to be open-hearted and non-judgmental. But for all people of all colors, of all forms of identification, we need to come to one another in a spirit of good faith to have new conversations. Because my belief is this, the problems that we have with one another on a cultural basis in the context of how we identify are not as significant as the economic conflicts that are

taking place invisibly all the time. When the only value people have is their economic value, their ability to participate in a labour market or a financially underwritten system, then we are missing much of what's human. When we dismiss people on the basis of their culture, their identity, their gender, their sex, we are making a huge error. So in conclusion, I'm not surprised by this information because

I recognize we are living in a society at this time that is very much defined by alienation, dislocation and despair. But I am very hopeful because I know change is possible. I recognize that conversations at the level of a culture and a planet can alter if enough of us wanted to, if enough of us are willing to participate with an open heart. If you are considering

the most radical action possible, I personally reach out to you in open hardness and good faith to let you know that things can always improve and it's never worth taking that step. But that is just what I think. Let me know what you think in the comments and chat. If you enjoyed this video, have a look at Iveravise, turn on the notification bell and subscribe because

we want to reach out to you in a spirit of good faith every day and always in the spirit of conviviality and of hope. Everybody is welcome here. We are all deserve forgiveness. We all deserve redemption and there is always an opportunity for hope and for change. Something that any of that is that you please stay free.