Comment by The-Magic-Sword on 15/02/2025 at 18:31 UTC*

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View submission: Men, Women and Social Connections - Roughly equal shares of U.S. men and women say they’re often lonely; women are more likely to reach out to a wider network for emotional support

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There's some luck involved, I've certainly met a lot of women who were a lot worse (or just completely unwilling) at providing emotional support while also demanding lots of it. They also tend to reinforce toxic masculinity more strongly than other guys will, even if they're verbally against it.

Like, dudes I know might discuss a problem in awkward terms, but women I know will interrupt to tell me how profoundly unsexy insecure men are, or do a variety of other passive aggressive things to punish you for sharing.

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