Men are facing increasing “madness” with self-censorship and diversity and inclusion quotas in the workplace, having a severe impact on men’s mental health, it has been claimed.
Speaking to GB News, Work Truth podcast creator Tim Samuels detailed how his show addresses being a man in today’s “DEI-driven” workplaces.
In a discussion with GB News host Martin Daubney, Samuels claimed that men are feeling increasingly “more nervous” to do something wrong at work, and questioned whether the pendulum of “addressing racism and sexism” in the workplace has “swung too far”.
Samuels explained: “The podcast is looking at what it’s like to be a man in today’s workplace, and no one’s saying that things didn’t have to change the question is, in addressing racism and sexism, whether the pendulum has swung too far.
Tim Samuels spoke about the workplace struggles men face as he discussed his new podcast, Work Truth
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“And what we’re looking at is whether white men especially have become victims of discrimination, whether guys have been pushed out of their jobs, whether they’re not getting promoted.
“Some would say to me in a state of fear that they’re one micro-aggression away from being sacked, and it’s very hard for blokes to talk about this without sounding like they’re whingeing or that they’re going to get cancelled.”
Agreeing with Samuels, Martin noted that for white men especially, diversity quotas are causing them to be “pushed to the side” in order for places such as the RAF and military to box-tick their requirements.
Martin said: “There is a feeling, a media narrative, that to be born male, to be born white, you’ve won life’s lottery and you’re already privileged. You have all sorts of things on your side.
Samuels joined Martin Daubney on GB News to discuss his new podcast
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“And yet we see increasingly, for example in the RAF, in the military, these kind of candidates being pushed to one side. And also we know that particularly white working-class men are the highest likely to commit suicide, particularly labourers who often retire early, their bodies broken, and there’s nothing to help them forward.”
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Asking Samuels what type of people he would like to hear from for his podcast, he stated: “People who may think as a result of being a bloke they’ve been sacked, or if your career has gone off the rails, you’re not getting promoted or are you being overlooked?
“Maybe you’re a guy over 50 and you just can’t find work, you’re going for interviews and not getting anywhere. I heard this quite a lot, that men at work are terrified that you’re just going to say the wrong thing, or having to kind of twist yourself to fit in.
“I heard from somebody who was told ‘put your pronouns on your email signature or you’re going to be sacked’. People that have been called in and been reprimanded for just saying the wrong thing or making a joke, because people are self-censoring so much these days.”
Highlighting that those who get in touch can share their stories anonymously, Samuels told GB News that for men, losing a job or facing crises at work can impact their “self-esteem and mental health”.
Tim Samuels detailed the kinds of stories he is keen to hear on the podcast
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Samuels explained: “When guys lose their job, it has a terrible impact on their self-esteem, their identity, their mental health, and that can lead to some really horrible outcomes.
“So those are the sorts of people that we want to hear from, and you can get in touch with us anonymously. If you’re working for a company still and you want to speak out, we can of course honour that.
“But I get the sense there’s a groundswell of men out there who are very nervous at the moment, who are very conflicted because we know that things have to change. But the question is whether change has gone too far and whether it’s being underpinned by activism rather than actually what works with people.
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