Take away Your Iron Mask, Men

Descended from our grand-grandfathers・ era, when male offered most of the labor and toil, and fought against enemies, guarding their own territories in case of wars, the tradition of being tough for men prevented them from talking about any undesirable feelings. always keep any upsets away from confiding these. Ex-engineers, architects, teachers, stockbrokers are often found in large parks and gardens in Tokyo. Unlike women, while the same situation happens, who have the real privileges to receive compassion and at least the right to confide their hardship without worries of being ashamed, men are destined to lose this right. Especially now when careers require less toil but emphasis more on critical thinking and objective decision makings, unrelieved personal upsets can even ruin men・s career. And no one would know how Phil might have missed his youngest sons whom he worried the most. They did not and could not understand how arduous it took Phil to struggle in the company to the top place. That little concern focuses on the desperation and frustration men come across when expected goals failed to be accomplished forces men to heal over on their own efforts.

Men resist talking their hardship and upsets not only from their colleagues or acquaintances, family members are also blacklisted from knowing that. Besides losing their jobs, some male employees also possessed feeling of desperation and even loss of dignity. Enough research evidences that men carry the same needs for care when failure is ahead. The suicide rate in Tokyo is also at its highest among any major cities in the world. The misery now is that the ones who stifle men・s desires for others・ care to speak out of their grievances are the menfolk themselves.