“Real men” aren’t afraid of a little lung disease. Seriously, I worked construction and people will give you shit for caring about stuff like that and wearing an n95 or god forbid a respirator. Hopefully things have changed, but the mentality I saw here in the US was exactly that. The very essence of Toxic Masculinity.
I worked at a 'gyppo' lumber mill in my 20s. I was the only guy who used ear protection near their screaming non-OSHA blade planer, I was also the only guy with functional hearing and all my fingers.
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u/Exact_Condition_1715 8d ago edited 8d ago
“Real men” aren’t afraid of a little lung disease. Seriously, I worked construction and people will give you shit for caring about stuff like that and wearing an n95 or god forbid a respirator. Hopefully things have changed, but the mentality I saw here in the US was exactly that. The very essence of Toxic Masculinity.