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.
As a designer and builder, these are the men that I’ve associated with my entire life, and this is the way a men’s movement is suppose to work, “mates helping mates”, not everyone blaming and shaming men based on assumed or fabricated realities. With any other sub-group, THIS is the way we would approach it, in their own words, authentically. We need to do this with men also, because there are far too many suffering in silence, silenced more through accusation, shame, blame, and boxing to “suck it up and be a man”. Gus is a man among men, the… Read more »
As a designer and builder, these are the men that I’ve associated with my entire life, and this is the way a men’s movement is suppose to work, “mates helping mates”, not everyone blaming and shaming men based on assumed or fabricated realities. With any other sub-group, THIS is the way we would approach it, in their own words, authentically. We need to do this with men also, because there are far too many suffering in silence, silenced more through accusation, shame, blame, and boxing to “suck it up and be a man”. Gus is a man among men, the… Read more »