As a white male, it's always bothered me that I have more trouble than others in being a victim. It's made me rather crabby, in fact. But I'm not just a Mean Old Man -- I have a syndrome! I can be a victim, too, so nothing is my fault:
We found triggers can be internal and or external. If someone has a serious drop in testosterone, he can become more irritable and frustrated and angry. In the real world, it is often triggered by a traumatic loss. It could be the loss of a job or a relationship, a physical illness or injury. But rather than ask, "What is going on inside me?" men tend to think the problem is being caused by someone else. He'll say, "Of course I am irritable—who wouldn't be when treated this way?" He complains that his wife is not there for him or his boss is always doing this or that. He assumes the anger is justified—if he recognizes it at all. Part of the difficulty is getting men to recognize that [IMS] is something triggered by something that is going on in them, too. So they are looking out at the world through distorted lenses.
There's even a quiz you can take to see if you suffer from this malady. Back off, women. You have plenty of syndromes of your own. This one is all ours. Oooh, I'm feeling faint and unmanly. Somebody bring me a small animal to scream at.
