Hey guys, welcome to the Kirk Cameron Show.

Today's kind of the Kirk and James show.

This is a safe place for dangerous conversations.

I have them all the time with people when I'm not on camera, but so many of them are

worth sharing with you that I've asked

James to talk about one of the conversations we had recently. I remember if it was at the house

around the campfire in my truck, but we were talking about how legitimate is it for men to

show vulnerability? Should men have a softer side to them? Should they show emotion? Should they open up

and be transparent, even if it means they could get injured in the process? Or are men supposed to just

be tough and show no emotion? What do you think? I think it's complicated and I looked into it through just a

bunch of research and I wanted to share some of that with you. There's not a lot of physical data,

but there's a lot of anecdotal data just because people are different, people think different,

people process different. But what I found was that men account for approximately 80% of all suicide deaths in the

U.S.

despite representing only half of the population, 50% of the population.

Men commit suicide much more frequently than girls.

Yeah, 80% of the total suicides within the U.S. are men. Okay. So 8 out of 10 people. Another study came out and it showed that men who openly discuss their mental health are 60% more likely to report improved well-being overall in their marriages, in their personal

life, in their work life, and all of that, 60% more likely if they're able to express their

personal feelings. Yeah, guys need a place to talk and vent and know that they're not alone

in their struggles. Yeah. And so you're kind of

at a crossroads right here where what is the correct way for a man to express his emotions,

for a man to be comfortable, to be vulnerable and express how he's feeling. Yeah. Where, where, when, in what circumstance should he be doing that?

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