imo the rise of loneliness effects both women & men about equally in terms of scope.
the push to strongly gender the ‘epidemic’ one way or the other is classic ragebait.
Longer Answer
Yes society currently seems to project an emotionally stunted image onto the male identity. but it’s important to note this is a sickness in current society rather than anything inherently “male”.
and it’s causing alot more suffering for all genders than just ‘loneliness’. calling it The male loneliness epidemic is just loaded with so many hooks, it’s just classic bait.
men vs women is “powerful” for ragebait because it’s literally half the population vs the other half.
Agree that there’s a ragebaiting, ‘us vs them’ component - however, I think how we’re socialised to handle our feelings also plays a big role here. There’s a disparity in suicide rates between men and women worldwide, but the gap is generally larger in western countries, 4:1 in Europe compared to world averages of 1.7:1. Of course, that isn’t necessarily attributable to loneliness, there’s many reasons someone chooses to take their own life.
In my life it seems like women generally have a more supportive relationship and support network with their friends than men do. I’ve had a pretty dark year due to a range of medical stuff… and it’s not a struggle I’ve shared with my friends, men or women. If I’ve brought it up, it’s just like I have here, ‘ah yeah, just some medical stuff, but things are shaping up,’ I don’t have close friends like that. I do, however, have supportive parents, siblings, cousins - I honestly don’t know what my headspace would be like if I didn’t have them. It’s very easy to feel broken.
Short Answer
imo the rise of loneliness effects both women & men about equally in terms of scope.
the push to strongly gender the ‘epidemic’ one way or the other is classic ragebait.
Longer Answer
Yes society currently seems to project an emotionally stunted image onto the male identity. but it’s important to note this is a sickness in current society rather than anything inherently “male”.
and it’s causing alot more suffering for all genders than just ‘loneliness’. calling it The male loneliness epidemic is just loaded with so many hooks, it’s just classic bait.
men vs women is “powerful” for ragebait because it’s literally half the population vs the other half.
Agree that there’s a ragebaiting, ‘us vs them’ component - however, I think how we’re socialised to handle our feelings also plays a big role here. There’s a disparity in suicide rates between men and women worldwide, but the gap is generally larger in western countries, 4:1 in Europe compared to world averages of 1.7:1. Of course, that isn’t necessarily attributable to loneliness, there’s many reasons someone chooses to take their own life.
In my life it seems like women generally have a more supportive relationship and support network with their friends than men do. I’ve had a pretty dark year due to a range of medical stuff… and it’s not a struggle I’ve shared with my friends, men or women. If I’ve brought it up, it’s just like I have here, ‘ah yeah, just some medical stuff, but things are shaping up,’ I don’t have close friends like that. I do, however, have supportive parents, siblings, cousins - I honestly don’t know what my headspace would be like if I didn’t have them. It’s very easy to feel broken.