When men suffer social isolation, women may pay the price, too
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If men are in trouble, what does that mean for women?
the thinning fabric of many men's social worlds may place added strain on the women in their life
nearly two thirds of young American men report that "no one really knows me well.
More specifically, among couples in a heterosexual relationship, men lean on their romantic partner more than women do
one that suggests men's emotional infrastructure is often built on foundations that women maintain.
we call the labor that women specifically put into helping men with frayed social ties "mankeeping."
fellas is your foid mankeeping you?
addressing the inequality that women face as a result of mankeeping requires challenging rigid masculine norms that leave so many men with impoverished social ties to begin with.
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How come we have been through 5 waves of feminism with each one transforming the way women live their lives, but the bitching about victimhood and suffering is still coming in the exact same quantities as when a man could r*pe a 13 year old, have her die from pelvis chainsawing during childbirth, then go, welp, guess its time for wife number two, guess I will try out a 14 year old this time and see if being old makes her survive the pregnancy?
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