30 Hidden Struggles Men Face Insights They Rarely Share (23/30)

It’s frustrating how often the narrative seems to shift to all men being responsible for the actions of a few. If some men behave badly, it’s somehow assumed that all men are to blame. If some women are at fault, the blame again gets placed on all men. When issues like the environment or society are discussed, it often defaults to the same blame being placed on men as a group. It’s exhausting.

I’m not about to bring this up in public, though, because—predictably—mentioning this perspective would just be seen as another problem caused by men. It feels like a never-ending cycle where any attempt to address the imbalance or the way blame is spread gets dismissed as a male-centric issue. It’s a double standard that only adds more weight to the frustrations many men already face in trying to navigate these broad societal expectations.