Indledning
A man must be a certain way to be maintain the stereotype of masculinity. Masculinity is a series of behavioral patterns and roles associated with being a male.
Today one can easily come across statements about how a “real” man should behave. Being a man is often associated with making a lot of money
doing well on the job market, and not showing emotion. Because if all goes well at work, what is there to be sad about?
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Uddrag
Kevin Love says: “So for 29 years, I thought about mental health as someone else’s problem. Sure, I knew on some level that some people benefited from asking for help or opening up.
I just never though it was for me. To me, it was a form of weakness that could derail my success in sports or make me seem weird or different.
(20-23)” Opening up or asking for help is seen as a form of weakness. Love thinks this, because of how society claims men should behave.
Love was afraid of what people would think if they found out he had a panic attack. He especially cared for what his teammates would think.
“A few more days passed. Things were going great on the court, but something was weighing on me. Why was I so concerned with people finding out? It was a wake-up call, that moment.
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