There's a whole lot to take on in this recent article in the NY Times titled Need Therapy? A Good Man Is Hard to Find. The article tracks college psychology programs inability to attract male applicants and the “feminization” of mental health care.
I suppose it left me with more questions than answers.
Are men better positoned to invite other men into acountability? This is a topic thats comes up often in supervision. Has the influence of the large number women in the field countered the institutionalized oppression of women by the mental health field, and isn't that a positive thing? Is this another article that privileges male voices over female voices? I could go on..
I participated in graduation ceremonies on Saturday and it was pointed out a couple of times how few men were graduating from all the psychology programs. How should we make sense of this? I am not so sure. Any ideas? Please leave them in the comments.
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