..., psychological collapse and recovery, mobilising narrative, memory, humour and cultural reflection. Findings This paper demonstrates that trauma is layered, cumulative and culturally embedded rather than singular or episodic. It illustrates how masculinity, performance and vulnerability intersect...

... boys don’t cry”. Masculinity has forever limited the ability of this gender to share pain and suffering (Rice et al., 2021). Men have traditionally not expressed our physical and mental health concerns; thus, many of us develop late-stage cancers, where the prognosis is poor. Suicide is almost...

... at regions (across Europe and one province of Canada) suggest how social forces may contribute to reducing suicide, especially in men. The Canadian study suggests the possibility that suicide might be reduced partly by enabling help-seeking in men to be seen as a positive aspect of masculine identity, rather...