Key points

Several studies have shown that loneliness is a serious health concern.

Men experience more loneliness than do women, particularly in Western countries.

Inequality in emotional labor can have negative effects on women’s physical and mental health.

“According to studies, many men say they have no close friendships. And three in four report receiving all their emotional support from their wife or girlfriend. Often the moment they come home from work.” Sounds like the opening line to one of my blog posts, but it is actually the opening of a 2021 Saturday Night Live sketch called “Man Park.” The sketch features women taking their boyfriends or husbands to a park where they can make friends with other men, and so that they ultimately have a social outlet outside of their girlfrie

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