Why it's good for men to talk

男人为何交谈有益

The Documentary Podcast

2025-07-12

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Across the world, there’s often a stigma when it comes to men discussing their emotions. “We’re taught here as men that a man shouldn’t cry,” says Kholekile, who chairs the ManKind Project, a support group for men in South Africa. Across the world, there’s often a stigma when it comes to men discussing their emotions. “We’re taught here as men that a man shouldn’t cry,” says Kholekile, who chairs the ManKind Project, a support group for men in South Africa.
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  • Hello, I'm Luke Jones.

  • Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

  • This time in BBC OS Conversations,

  • we bring together men to discuss why it can be so difficult to share their emotions and vulnerabilities.

  • Our guests today are from the UK, Spain,

  • India and South Africa and are all men

  • because they're going to share why men need to talk to each other more.

  • They all discuss the stigma around opening up and the damage caused when men don't seek support from each other.

  • We thought a man shouldn't cry, a man should protect, a man should be brave,

  • a man should be strong, and that it's only girls that are allowed to express emotion.

  • So the question then becomes where do those emotions go to when they get suppressed?

  • There is no good reason why women should be any better than men when it comes to sharing their emotional problems,