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Testosterone is widely, and sometimes wildly, misunderstood

· March 10, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Testosterone is widely, and sometimes wildly, misunderstood:

T doesn’t govern men’s aggression and sexuality. And it’s a shame we don’t hear as much about the research showing that higher levels of T in men just as easily correlate with generosity as with aggression. But generosity is less a stereotypically male virtue, and this would spoil the story about men’s inherent aggressiveness, especially manly men’s aggressiveness. And this has a profound impact on what men and women think about men’s natural inclinations.

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Decolonizing mental health: The importance of an oppression-focused mental health system

Dmitri Vassilenko

· March 1, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Decolonizing mental health: The importance of an oppression-focused mental health system:

“I think that what has happened in the last 20 or 30 years is that many people of colour have started to just try to survive, understandably,” says Mullan. “The system is really good at having us just focus on surviving so much that we don’t have the time to collectively come together and heal in community, which I think is pretty crucial,” says Mullan.

Mullan says that some people need individual therapy and medication in order to thrive. However, she would like to see more collective, holistic healing approaches to mental health as options — the way they were done, and successfully worked, before colonization.