"Be A Man About It: Pt 1-Suffer In Silence, Scream in Rage-Encore Broadcast"

"Be a man about it!" "Suck it up!" "Take it like a man." Little boys have heard these phrases since they were old enough to walk, and the message implies that the male gender is not entitled to respond to pain, trauma, love or tragedy with the same emotional reactions as their female counterparts. The scale on which "real men" are measured is highly flawed and contradictory to the normal functions of humanity. With generations of teachings implemented into society's bos that men take charge, fight, accept pain without needing attention, etc., most men are left with huge situations to handle and a half-supplied toolbox with which to handle it. Many negative exponential effects emerge from males trying to live under the pressures of preserving their "manly" images despite their pain. Hence the manifestation of the traumatized male victims of sexual abuse.

These victims have been told to "be a man about it", patted on the back for "scoring" if their assailant was a woman, forced to share the details of their experience as a clubhouse fun chat, or forced into silence if their assailant was a male for fear of being ostricized and ridiculed as a homosexual. While the men keep their secret and suffer in silence, their bubbling rage manifests itself in their actions against the world. Anger spawns the rapist, the serial killer, the man incapable of appreciating or valuing a relationship, or even worse...having a hair trigger reaction when someone touches them even lightly. Do the age-old "rules of manhood" in society play a role in the breakdown of our men? Join in tonight at 10:30 pm EST by calling 347-327-9967.