Comment by pretenditscherrylube on 17/02/2025 at 20:24 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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FWIW, when there are a few men in a large group of women, the same thing happens. I was in a female dominated grad program with just 2 men in my year. The level of social competition from women (including ones with husbands) to be buddy buddy with the men was insanely shocking to me. One dude - kind of a bro - totally played all the women off each other to be the center of the social scene, despite being so boring and mediocre. The other dude - kind of a hipster - found it appalling and sexist how the women would fight over his friendship.

It would be FASCINATING to study the effects of gender dynamics in an imbalanced yet heterogenous environment.

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