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Young Men Seek Friends. They Find Rules for Being Men
Young men’s mental health can get tangled up in a search for belonging. Calvin Fernandez, a UBC men’s health researcher, helps identify the pressures behind an online promise: change yourself, and connection will follow.
What does being a provider mean when finding a job already feels uncertain? Add a feed full of ideal bodies and financial success, and an ordinary day can become a comparison nobody seems to win. Calvin identifies a mismatch between the expectations young men inherit and the world they’re trying to enter.
Where does someone turn when needing help feels…
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