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It's in part toxic masculinity but women help in encouraging gender roles as well. Cry in front of your girlfriend/wife or express extreme emotional weakness, many will tell you "be a real man" as well. Society in general still expects men to adhere to strict gender roles as they break down for women. I feel like just stating these things too would elicit many "oh boohoo, quit your whining, bitch" from both men and women, maybe not on this forum but elsewhere.

But yes, I believe it does contribute to suicide. I work with 95% dudes, most aren't "tough guys" but the few that are you can tell are pretty fucked in the head. If you talk to them, every once in a while you see some vulnerability squeak out before they "correct" themselves and go back to talking about bitches they want to bang and how no one should fuck with them. I feel like a lot of these guys feel powerless in a certain situation (a lot either struggle with money and/or with their marriage and kids) and overcompensate in a different aspect of their lives pretending they're an alpha male.