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Across the world, there鈥檚 often a stigma when it comes to men discussing their emotions.

鈥淲e鈥檙e taught here as men that a man shouldn鈥檛 cry,鈥� says Kholekile, who chairs the ManKind Project, a support group for men in South Africa.

鈥淲e鈥檙e taught that a man should protect, a man should be brave, a man should be strong and that it鈥檚 only girls that are allowed to express emotion,鈥� he says. 鈥淪o the question then becomes where do those emotions go to when they get suppressed?鈥�

Burying emotional problems can affect mental health. And while suicide rates vary around the world, according to the World Health Organisation, just over twice as many men take their own lives globally compared with women.

It鈥檚 this culture of bottling everything up which the men we hear from this week are trying to change.

We hear how friendships and support groups offer hope and how a new style of communication within their relationships is improving men鈥檚 lives.

Hosted by Luke Jones with conversations by Mark Lowen.

A Boffin Media production with producer Sue Nelson in partnership with the 蜜芽传媒 OS team and producers Akwasi Sarpong, Ben Davis and Angela Sheeran.

(Photo: Itayi and friend Tinto at a concert. Credit: Tendai Maphosa)