“Boys don’t cry, and men do not shed tears””Bɛɛma nsu” is associated with the African culture about what society expects from men in typical chaotic or challenging situations.

Consistent with this proverb is the reports about the likelihood that at every first year of life males are more likely to die than their female counterparts According to an article published by J Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Nov 1, the prevalence of mild depression was 6.7% and 2.7% in Ghana and South Africa, respectively, with a gender difference only in Ghana.

Factors independently associated with depression among women in Ghana were migration and lack of current work. On this episode of the Ni Censor Podcast, our all female guest talks about positive masculinity and why its okay for men to cry sometimes.

The NO Censor Podcast powered by Hunukane Radio is a nonconventional set of Generation Ys and Zs who meets to share their opinions on pressing issues as Ghanaian and the diaspora.

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