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I mean, 100% agree there's a universal loneliness problem, and the approach to supporting people depends on gender and other factors.
However, I also 100% understand why "the male loneliness epidemic" elicits eyerolls from women and especially feminists. It's not because we think men should be lonely or whatever. It's because "the male loneliness epidemic" is a misogynist dogwhistle, just like "June is men's mental health month" is a homophobic dogwhistle. We can see the male loneliness epidemic becoming a rightwing talking point meant to blame feminism and women as the cause, as the reason why we should roll back women's rights.
Men's mental health is almost always used as a rightwing misogyny campaign (think about how much rightwingers care about men's mental health when it comes to refusing gun reforms after mass shootings; it's always a convenient excuse to further other political positions, but never the main position). And, too often, well-intentioned men fall for it and start piling on.
There's nothing here!