Dr. Jim O'Neil's landmark issue of TCP describes how men's psychological problems are linked to male gender role conflicts. It has also been suggested that men are oppressed by rigid gender role socialization processes that limit them from being fully functioning human beings (O'Neil, 1981a). More than 230 studies have been completed using the Gender Role Conflict Scale (GRCS; O'Neil, Helms, Gable, David, & Wrightsman, 1986), and more attention is being paid to men and the so-called "crisis" in men's status. health (Gough, 2006). However, little is known about how men's gender roles are linked to depression, anxiety, violence, suicide, poor healthcare, homophobia, academic failure, bullying, racial and ethnic oppression and dysfunctional relationships with women, men and children (O'Neil,
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