Episode 10 - On Male Friendships and the Space in Between - Part 1 of 3

Why is it that when men are good friends, we have to make it weird? It becomes a “bromance” instead of a friendship. Statistically speaking, the vast majority of men don’t have friends they rely on for emotional support, and we’re gonna chat about it.

Links to some of the ideas we referenced:

https://www.google.com/search?q=statistics+on+male+friend+relationships&sca_esv=7bed0de0dada41c5&ei=YdDUZqupIICgkPIPjefnsAM&oq=statistics+on+male+frelationships&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiIXN0YXRpc3RpY3Mgb24gbWFsZSBmcmVsYXRpb25zaGlwcyoCCAEyChAhGKABGMMEGAoyChAhGKABGMMEGApI0SBQuQ1YuQ1wAXgBkAEAmAHBAaABwQGqAQMwLjG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgKgAssBwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR5gDAIgGAZAGB5IHAzEuMaAHigQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/health/men-friendships-wellness/index.html#:~:text=Characterizing%20the%20gender%20of%20these,children%20grow%20up%20to%20struggle.%E2%80%9D

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/newsletter/2023-10-10/more-than-1-in-7-men-have-no-close-friends-the-way-we-socialize-boys-is-to-blame-group-therapy#:~:text=Thirty%20years%20ago%2C%20a%20majority,a%20fivefold%20increase%20since%201990 

https://www.americansurveycenter.org/why-mens-social-circles-are-shrinking/

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/ask-an-academic-the-secrets-of-boys

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8144131-when-you-judge-yourself-for-needing-help-you-judge-those

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