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To think men are lonelier now because they created emotional distance and don’t know how to fix it?

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WiseBrickSwan · 25/06/2025 09:51

They mocked emotional vulnerability for decades, now they’re shocked no one opens up to them.

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MaryGreenhill · 25/06/2025 11:09

No l don't think so. I think since time immemorial there have been men who have been lonely and unable to breach the chasm .

LadyLucyWells · 25/06/2025 11:08

How did men 'mock' emotional vulnerably, exactly? I am not sure what you mean.

If you mean for instance someone telling you to 'toughen up and stop crying', this has only ever been said to me by other women.

KnittyNell · 25/06/2025 11:03

No I don’t think that at all.
Maybe men don’t feel able to share their vulnerability for fear of being mocked.