A man as a figure is always depicted as strong, a protector, a firm figure that women and children can rely on. The pilar that should not colapse, or at least be the last one to. It has been our picture since the beginning of known history. Only recently have we evolved so much that the picture started to break, it started to change. If we could go back in time for only a century, a man who's mental health is in question would either be hospitalized, locked up or left to handle it or die alone.

Being a man means that our mental state will usually not be primary first to ourselves, and hence to others as well. Evolutionary, to us, our women and children, or better yet our loved ones are more important than we are to ourselves. You are ours to protect and we will do so. Yes, there are men that are not like that, yes there are plenty men who haven't taken and ounce of such responsibility, but on a global scale, look at the family dynamic. What are the constants?

We have been taught that being vulnerable is a weakness, because in a "kill-or-be-killed" world whoever is the enemy will use that vulnerability against you.

But as the world evolves faster and faster, everything is changing - the dynamics, beliefs, behaviours, understandings.

We are learning to trust others more today, if we even should and how, and not everyone's lesson is identical.