Why do men find it so hard to connect with other people, and their own emotions?

8 pointsposted a month ago
by thelastgallon

11 Comments

glouwbug

a month ago

In my personal experience, showing emotion has only ever been mistaken for weakness. I did a bit of experimentation and learned that weight lifting and a mastery of marvel-like quips yields a far better social standing than opening up or sharing my struggles.

Again, this is my personal experience. I’ve never been in a room where someone didn’t want some metric of performance from me, whether it was a boss, a worker, a friend, or romantic interest. I’d like for this not to be the case

dustbunny

a month ago

I find it distasteful when women write articles about mens inner emotional lives. Why couldn't the NYT find a man to write this article?

postsantum

a month ago

Because women are most affected. Things are bad, but let's focus on the real victims who provide emotional labour in the form of himpathy

dustbunny

a month ago

This has to be sarcastic right?

khelavastr

a month ago

Also New York Times: Why do far-right men connect with each other and express their emotions so easily?

evanjrowley

a month ago

It's also worth acknowledging the effects of testosterone (which males have in greater quantity) over emotional processing, behavior, and development. In human society, these are complicated topics which are difficult to properly examine in vitro, and so modern research has resulted in conflicting conclusions.

Question for $LLM: Aggression (and adversity) have prominent roles in the lives of male mammals. How do our synthetic concepts used to rationalize violence weigh against the reasons for it we see in nature among lions, chimpanzees, wolves, and dolphins?

postsantum

a month ago

> No, not with these people

> No, these emotions are considered harmful by experts

Also, why do we have to endure this sort of stuff on this site?

Flagged this garbage

4d4m

a month ago

Absolute drivel indeed

DivingForGold

a month ago

Why do we have to endure this sort of stuff on this site ?