Friendships aren't just about those you sit with on the school bus or play alongside on your childhood baseball team — they are a core component of the human experience, experts say. But making and retaining deep, meaningful friendships as an adult is hard, especially for men, according to research.
Friendships aren't just about those you sit with on the school bus or play alongside on your childhood baseball team — they are a core component of the human experience, experts say.
All humans have the innate capacity and desire for close, emotionally intimate connections with others. We need these relationships for survival as babies and then to thrive as we get older, Chu said. Assumptions 27 years later might be different, but social pressures remain that make it difficult forWe are all born with two sides of ourselves: the hard side that is stoic and independent and the soft one that is vulnerable and interdependent, said Way, author ofThe hard side has been characterized as masculine and inherently preferable, and the soft side has been seen as feminine and lesser than, Way said.
And the drive to toughen up and never show vulnerability that restricts men from friendships can lead them to loneliness, violence and anger, Way said. Community is important, and keeping struggles, questions and concerns with one person or one relationship doesn't always provide the best help to see them through, Way said.
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