Children are infected by their parents’ musical tastes. I went to see The Streets with two of my sons recently. They headed to the front to throw some beer and to do some shouting. The last song was ‘Dry Your Eyes’, about a man being distressed by a break-up, and is much parodied. Society seems to be uncomfortable with men expressing their emotions. But interestingly, when Mike Skinner, the lead singer, acknowledged his own mental health issues, the audience of young men cheered.
It is difficult to raise men’s health issues as society seems obsessed with the notion of …