Singapore's MenToo initiative creates safe spaces for men to share mental health and emotional struggles

A group of Singaporean men — including 54-year-old Danny Loong, who says he could not fully grieve his father's death until he became a parent himself — have formed MenToo, an initiative building structured spaces where men can openly discuss national service, fatherhood, finances and fear of failure. The movement responds to growing recognition that cultural pressure on men to appear stoic contributes to poor mental health outcomes, and that traditional notions of masculinity in Singapore discourage emotional expression. MenToo represents a grassroots push for cultural change at a moment when Singapore's broader public conversation on mental health is expanding.