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, part 2 of this series, as Mark Bowen and Joe Talbot (aka Dr. Bayles and Dr. Phillips) explore how toxic masculinity influences the development of boys and interactions for men in society. Learn more about the personal struggle that Dr. Chinchilla experienced first hand and how to combat the detrimental patterns that result from toxic masculinity.
Check out these resources used to address information in this episode:
APA Guidelines for treating boys and men
www.apa.org/about/policy/boys-m…tice-guidelines.pdf
Gender Differences in emotion expression www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597769/
Dr. Judy Chu - "When Boys Become Boys"
nyupress.org/9780814764800/
Peggy Orenstein - "Boys and Sex www.peggyorenstein.com/boysandsex
APA - "Harmful Masculinity and Violence"
www.apa.org/pi/about/newsletter…harmful-masculinity
Peggy Orenstein - "The Miseducation of the American Boy" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archiv…can-boy/603046/
Michael Salter - "The Problem With a Fight Against 'Toxic Masculinity'"
www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/…history/583411/
PBS - "The Culture of Masculinity and its Negative Impacts on Men" www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-c…tive-impacts-on-men