BAHAMAS

Hurricane Dorian in 2019 destroyed Abaco and Grand Bahama, and the men in those communities became climate refugees in their own country. For men whose identity was tied to their property, their boat, their ability to shelter their family, watching it all reduced to debris on global news feeds was an existential event. The recovery process itself reinforced masculine suffering: men were expected to clear rubble, rebuild structures, and comfort families while processing nothing of their own trauma. The archipelagic nature of the Bahamas — 700 islands spread across vast ocean — means that men on Family Islands face isolation that mainland countries can't comprehend. A man on Eleuthera or Exuma who needs a therapist would need to fly to Nassau, assuming he could afford it and overcome the stigma.