Why men are lonelier in America than elsewhere
&gt; In childhood, she says, boys tend to be as open as girls about their need for friends. As they get older, they “feel they have to get into a gender straitjacket” and define their masculinity primarily as not being feminine. By the age of 15, many boys start saying they don’t need friends and worrying that close friendships will make them seem “girly”. This “clash of culture and nature”, Dr Way says, is much more marked among white boys than black ones.<p>Is it just me that is angered by statements such as this?<p>For me it seems to tie in with the thinking that the male is a defective female.<p>Im my experience, men make friends by doing things together. For me it&#x27;s no coincidence that the men I am closest to at any one time are my work colleagues. I wonder if the structure of schools hasn&#x27;t changed, and as has been discussed here before, whether schools just don&#x27;t cater for what boys &#x2F; men need anymore.