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What r yalls thoughts on this “lonely man pandemic” or whatever its called
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Anonymous 5w

“Male loneliness epidemic” I think it’s true to a certain extent, a lot of guys are lonely and find it hard to be social and confident so they decide to just isolate themselves which I think is partially due to society telling men to be a certain way or not being able to find good connections But of course we all have a personal responsibility to be who we want to be

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Anonymous 5w

It’s def real, though to the extent it’s affecting people is vastly exaggerated on the internet. Sure, some of it does come down to men not finding a romantic partner, but the larger part of the equation is men not having close friendships they can be really open to each other in, and the ways that men are raised in society nowadays

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Anonymous 5w

Real, and overall is caused by a social problem and bad actors from both men and woman. Also yes there’s a female loneliness epidemic too.

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Anonymous 5w

There’s an overall loneliness epidemic, but I feel like women cope with it better because in our society is harder for men to develop friendships and women usually are ok with being alone. And I feel like this is compounded by how hard it is to make friends as an older person, like we don’t have grade school or our parents to sort of force us to be friends.

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Anonymous 5w

I don’t think it’s as bad as it’s made out to be. The issue isn’t men being lonely and not having friends, it’s not having like real friends with deep connections. That being said, most men don’t realize it’s an issue for them, they just feel smth missing. Those people aren’t bitching abt being lonely. Then the ppl who realize they are lacking real connection, they complain. But they also are self aware so issue usually gets resolved.

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Anonymous replying to -> bobthebuilt 5w

So yes there is big loneliness issue, especially considering all the social norms around men not being vulnerable. But a lot of guys don’t even realize it’s an issue, and most of the ones that do seek that connection and I’d like to believe that they find it. So like yea I think a vast majority of men are incredibly lonely, but they aren’t even aware of it a lot of the time, it’s just the ones who are self aware and can’t find anybody to build connection with that are super vocal

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