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Men who conform to traditional gender roles are at a higher risk of suicide (www.snf.ch)

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[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Honestly, it's the

as a de-scrotum’d testicle

part that throws me. Makes it sound like they are comparing having normal human emotions to being as overly sensitive as a bare, unprotected testicle.

[-] Badabinski@kbin.earth 9 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it's not (in my opinion) the best way to get the idea across. I read that and immediately thought of how it felt when I was emotionally repressed. To me, a de-scrotumed testicle sounds about right, because even the softest and most gentle care was still rough and painful. I can see how someone could read something much less kind in that phrase, however.