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View submission: R/Askmen discusses getting swarmed by women
it seems to be full of men asking other men questions that they should be asking women.
That's true for most of the "askX" subs tbh. A lot of people don't ask questions on there to genuinely find out what people think, they ask loaded questions to get validation of opinions they already have. That's why they go to the sub where most of the users share their opinions. It's a really weird thing to do tbh and it makes me think a lot of it is just people not having genuine friendships IRL that they can go to for social affirmation.
Comment by CornNooblet at 02/02/2025 at 00:37 UTC
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That IS a big problem a lot of men self-report in studies, not having people around them to ask these kinds of questions and get *useful* advice. It's especially true as men advance through their 20s - stuff like dating and relationships that a lot of men bounce right off of can't be usefully explained in a step by step manner that some guys need, the way you can tell a guy how to change an alternator. The advice given tends to either the hopelessly vague ("Just be yourself, bro!" "Tried that, they don't like it, now what?") or the uselessly specific.