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Over half of men admit that financial struggles have made them feel like they’ve fallen short of “being a man,” according to a recent survey .
In honor of Men’s Mental Health Month in June, the survey polled 2,000 men, evenly split by generation, to investigate how money difficulties and societal pressure to provide have impacted their well-being.
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