My family has gone generations on end without believing in the importance of mental health because it can always be worse, you should be grateful, brush it off. Therefore in these images above, I believe the representation and concept of not being accepted into your culture mine specifically are important. Experiencing it first hand and understanding mental health acceptance goes far deeper than just awareness of mental health but there is a culture within a culture and that is Machismo Culture, it is frequently discussed and commonly looked past. Generations on end believe the men should be strong mentally and physically, therefore, any bit of feminism shown in a man is considered wrong and vice versa if a woman shows any bit of masculinity it is wrong because they should depend on a man. It is a difficult culture to confront but I am glad some sort of awareness and change is occurring.
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