I find some of male environments encourage the sort of behaviour (in one's self) that can make you more at risk to suicide. Banter bordering on bullying, macho culture, not showing any emotions etc. So there is definitely a fine line.
100% - I couldn’t agree more.
The subject matter is very specific. Unless you can point out any heritage railways where men are struggling with discrimination you're probably best starting a new thread. There's nothing more annoying than a discussion about a specific problem being interspersed with "but men suffer elsewhere too you know!".
Absolutely - I was responding to a specific point upthread previously - that’s not to take away from the very clear problem at some heritage railways (and indeed in enthusiast circles, as alluded go above). The key thing is making a cultural change as the big railway has (generally) pretty successfully done and continues to do.
On a more positive note my mother volunteers at a heritage railway in the south of England and thankfully hasn’t encountered the attitudes raised in the OP’s document. Albeit she certainly relates to the lack of facilities, which seems to be an issue across the board
in the sector.