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If you're like a lot of people, the whole idea of the "male loneliness epidemic" elicits a huge eye roll more than anything. Well, today we're digging into the research on why this is an emerging issue, and whether urban planning is part of the solution.
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Resources:
- Táíwò Olúfẹ́mi O. 2020. “Stoicism (as Emotional Compression) Is Emotional Labor”. Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2020.2.8217.
- https://www.equimundo.org/resources/state-of-american-men/
- https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf
- https://wou.edu/westernhowl/the-male-loneliness-epidemic/
- https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/origins-womens-rights
- https://mindfultherapygroup.com/blog-post/the-male-loneliness-epidemic/
- https://olianderson.co.uk/emotional-suppression-in-men/
- https://news.columbia.edu/content/blaming-immigrants-nationalism-and-economics-global-movement
- https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/you-blamed-dei-for-hurting-your-career-now-what-6150c575?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAiiOBNuu6eUcSa1X07lsx3DLRgEyqOg_Sw8YqQ3QUuoYPF0tbnuNIyrFdXmEvQ%3D&gaa_ts=68446fba&gaa_sig=SDovOBNvDtV0EPDH4MA9mPgJZfAOoOi3syRWrahJ5IttqZRO-Uznw0RKDekv_iwHASXXeEW2oQyzPcXORsU1rQ%3D%3D
- https://www.americansurveycenter.org/why-mens-social-circles-are-shrinking/
- https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-spend-millions-- studying-working-class-men-b2757957.html
- https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/01/16/emotional-well-being/
- https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/the-state-of-american-friendship-change-challenges-and-loss/
- https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/01/16/men-women-and-social-connections/
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/instead-of-going-to-therapy
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9176408/
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Images
- Glenn Gould, Av Library and Archives Canada. Lisens: CC BY NC ND 2.0
- Thomas Pynchon By Photo presumably taken by "Mr. DiLillo", who was identified as staff photographer of The Oysterette (Mead 1989, p. 170). - * Original source: The Oysterette yearbook, 1953, published by Oyster Bay High School in Oyster Bay, New York.Immediate source: Reproduced on page 171 of Clifford Mead's 1989 book Thomas Pynchon: a Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Materials, published by the Dalkey Archive Press, ISBN 0-916583-37-6. Scanned copy of the book accessed via the Internet Archive. Minor retouching by uploader—see upload history for unretouched original., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91470651
- Marlon Brando By Unknown author - https://archive.org/details/photoplayjuldec100macf_5/page/40Photoplay, 1950, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82276199
- Emily Dickinson By Unknown author - https://s3.amazonaws.com/amherst-wsg/ED-dag-case-720dpi_big.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21206329
- Pacers-Knicks via NBA YouTube channel highlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_DP8bfGRy0
- Marx Brothers By MGM - ebay, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51863329
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