Why Aren’t Men’s Issues Being Taken Seriously? - George TheTinMen - #858

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
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Men's mental toughness is just toxic masculinity re-branded, writer Jill Stark says. Occult hero Ned Brockman's gruelling 1600 kilometre charity run has Aussies talking, but not everybody sees it in a positive light. What do you think about this?

**George** (4:29)
I mean, it's just one more absurd headline adding to the many, many things that we can blame for, blame toxic masculinity for, which is absurd. I mean, for me, it's part of like a bigger problem where men's mental health needs are often sort of different to women's. And like some of the crazy things men do, such as run 1600 kilometers and raising millions of pounds are just outside the view of people like Jill, who think such a thing is toxic and not actually an amazing achievement for anyone.