Mate Helping Mate is all about helping men in rural areas get help.
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Mate Helping Mate is all about helping men in rural areas get help.
The role of men is changing in the 21st century. Want to keep up? Get the best stories from The Good Men Project delivered straight to your inbox, here.
SYNOPSIS
The stereotypical Aussie man is strong, stoic and tough as nails. He laughs in the face of fear; and if life ever gets him down he drinks a cup of concrete and hardens the fuck up. But with male suicide rates three times that of women, it appears the pressure to harden up may be making some men crack. Enter Gus Worland, co-host of the Sydney Triple M Grill team and unofficial bloke expert. He’s not a shrink, but he talks, and listens, to men everyday for a living; and he genuinely cares about their welfare. A few years back Gus’ was devastated by the loss of a close mate to suicide. Now Gus in on a mission to find out what it really means to be a man today and how the average Aussie bloke is actually faring.
May not be an expert, in fact more caveman then Ph.D, but he speaks the right language, and he knows what has to be done. This is the type of male community that I’m often ranting about, regular guys that can still be the men they are, but extend themselves out, their masculinity out to the understanding that “real men” do speak up, do fell fear, to get their hearts broken, their world turned upside down, and do sometimes need help. The alternative is one man killing himself every minute of every day. Not a very attractive alternative is it?… Read more »