Carolina via UnsplashThere’s been a growing movement addressing a male loneliness epidemic for some time now – and rightly so. An estimated eight million men feel lonely at least once a week, whilst for nearly three million it’s a daily occurrence, according to The Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness. Last year, columnist Jean Guerrero even suggested the epidemic of loneliness is hitting men hardest as “men are less skilled than women at making friends”. Advertisement“Some of the structures of social connection have declined (eg. Riani Kenyon, anthropologist at Canvas8, labels this divide between digital connection and real-life “ambient loneliness”.

Source: Huffington Post April 08, 2025 13:47 UTC