Bit annoyed that the QLD Trauma Strategy report doesn't mention anything about men

[Jlol]

Look, before anyone assumes, no I'm not one of those "men's rights" guys. Obviously, groups with higher instances of trauma should receive more attention and funding. This includes, but is not limited to, women, First Nations people, youth, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

I just went through the QLD Trauma Strategy report, generated by the Queensland Mental Health Commission (QMHC), which outlines how the State should approach trauma and while it admirably has approaches for the groups listed above it doesn't really mention anything about men.

But I'm kind of getting sick of men being sidelined. Again. We have our own issues, and just because there is a patriarchy of rich white a#rseh*oles running the world (of which 99.9% of regular men are not part of) doesn't mean we should always get sidelined.

Anyway, sorry, just a bit sick of this crap. 

[Cleo2]

@Jlol . That's interesting because knowledge of trauma started because of men coming back from war with it. I wonder why they're not included? Maybe the QLD Gov thinks the DVA is enough for them...Maybe the Federal Government is doing something for them that I don't know about.

[Jlol]

@Cleo2 I don't know why this is. As I said I do think women, generally, experience more trauma in our modern lives, but that doesn't mean we can't make the approaches inclusive or ignore other groups needs.

If I had to guess, I would put it down to casual sexism at worst or disinterest at best. Everyone I spoke to at the Commission was female, at the community focus group I attended I was only 1 of 2 males in a room of about 20 participants, the Health Minister and her staff are majority female. I would wager they just didn't think to look into the male side of things - just like how in previous generations men, in male dominated institutions, didn't bother to look into women's opinions and experiences on things.

[Cleo2]

@Jlol . Hmm I think it's just that helping white men or any man with trauma not from war is not very PC at the moment. I had a very quick look at the services online and they are inclusive of men but they never say it - which I guess is just as bad. The problem with focusing on other groups is that they are not going to be experienced enough if a man walks in with trauma.

Have you heard of Richard Miller's iRest program? - that was the first time I came across substantial help for trauma for anyone besides military many years ago. This seemed to go for a broader audience (Although the program was initially developed for people traumatised by war).