Men value and depend on Romantic relationships more for emotional support and suffer as a consequence, study finds.

KochiraJin · 2025-01-28T00:58:38+00:00

They suggest that this discrepancy stems from gendered socialization patterns: men are less likely to cultivate strong, emotionally supportive friendships or family ties outside of romantic relationships

Perhaps if feminists weren't so adamant in destroying the places men would form such relationships, this wouldn't be such a problem.

cozmickid80 · 2025-01-28T02:40:29+00:00

Interesting. I've always wondered if men go all in on all the relationships that are important to them, whereas women can and will fake it, or keep it advantageous to themselves and bail when that changes. This might be why when things fail, men are devastated where women just rationalize it and move on.

Extension-Humor4281 · 2025-01-28T10:18:59+00:00

This article is rich, considering that I've been the one who provided the bulk of the emotional support in basically every romantic relationship I've ever had. I can't count the number of times I've had to sit through cry fests, emotional breakdowns, and general venting about their day at work just so they could continue being functional.

Vegetable_Ad1732 · 2025-01-28T02:06:24+00:00

I agree with this.

No-Cartographer-476 · 2025-01-28T01:43:19+00:00

Men generally only get together for fun or if theres a common goal that needs to be done.

Bazza90 · 2025-01-28T21:06:59+00:00

They always cite mens inability to sustain the same social relationships that women do, but never take into account how women isolate men in relationships and how normalised this is. Try and go out with mates and see how much resistance you get ( a lot of guys stop going because the arguments aren't worth it).

AdFuzzy8155 · 2025-01-28T00:07:27+00:00

Sorry. But Bullshit. Men live life on hard mode and women have no way near as much stress and problems. It's as simple as that. They live life on easy peasy mode. In comparison. I certainly don't rely on women when I've been in a relationship for any of that shit. Intimacy of any kind makes me want to puke. No thanks. I love how they're trying to push the narrative that men are needy now though. 🙄 Men are lonely. Now they're needy. Seriously fuck off with this shit. No one's buying it.

We don't like " pouring our hearts out " to anyone. Ever. Get over it.

AbysmalDescent · 2025-01-30T20:06:16+00:00

This is the typical narrative from feminists but it effectively a very twisted way to try and not only justify misandry from women but invalidate a lot of men's issues by presenting it as something it's not(effectively telling men they are only suffering because they don't have enough male friends, and not because of all the other social problem that cause their suffering in the first place) and it's a way for women to justify not doing anything and not caring by presenting it as a "man on man problem". It's the "patriarchy hurts men too" type of reasoning.

The reality is that men are generally quite satisfied with their male friends and don't really have that much of an issue with relating to those men or even confiding in them. This is also coming from this perspective of "women have fewer issues so the way they communicate with friends must be better", which is just not the case. Women tend to over share with their female friends in ways that are often completely unhealthy and destructive to their male partners or even male friends, that harm is simply not taken into consideration because it affects men. Men should rely on their partners more but often don't because they resent how their partners might try to help or because they chose emotionally unavailable men(emotional unavailability is often romanticized by women and sensitivity in men often viewed negatively).

The reality is that men become depressed for so many other reasons that have nothing to do with their male friendships, and they are often quite vocal about it but their cries fall on deaf ears or are simply dismissed as misogyny, being an incel or being a "weak man". Men don't really need to communicate the way women do and always have the option to find more expressive men or safer women to be friends with.

trowaway123453199 · 2025-01-29T02:56:53+00:00

I sure as hell would depend less in a romantic relationship if i could get one at the drop of a hat, but I'm not a woman so that's impossible

Thinking2Loud · 2025-01-29T00:42:48+00:00

in most cases, if you 'pour' your heart/feelings to your partner(woman) it will end badly. how? shaming, she will use for ammunition for future discussions against you, your family/friends, court, anyone she can that will listen and her only intentions will be to destroy you. never share your feelings or secrets with your modern wife/gf

GermanWineLover · 2025-01-31T07:06:09+00:00

Society basically has conditioned men not to sjow emotions towards other men because that is considered as weak and unmanly. This makes them completely emotionally dependent on women.

Environmental_Oil_45 · 2025-02-02T05:49:16+00:00

All things relate to our biology. We spent 100's of thousands of years going out and hunting and doing sport. We're not "designed" to build emotional relationships outside of intimate romantic ones.

You can try and wiggle out of it, but the reality is you need women. Your status (and therefore your serotonin - the thing that helps prevent getting depression) depends on it.

So go out and find a good woman, who doesn't hate men. You're not going to solve this problem by hanging out with men. That's not how your brain works.

NoSpinach4025 · 2025-01-30T13:19:20+00:00

*Low T men.

Title	Men value and depend on Romantic relationships more for emotional support and suffer as a consequence, study finds.
Author	RealStarkey
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Date	January 27, 2025 11:59 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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