I don't think the post is trying to assert that _every_ man requires such a place or time. You might have excellent coping mechanisms, or indeed are able to man

I don't think the post is trying to assert that _every_ man requires such a place or time. You might have excellent coping mechanisms, or indeed are able to manage you emotions through other means. However not having someone to help you through a tough patch, and allow you to express emotions other than dirty laughs and anger is quite debilitating in my experience I don't think that the suggestion is that we gather formally in a circle and discuss our feelings. Or indeed act like stereo typical teenage girls where we gossip about other people behind their backs in a high pitched voice. Just having one person to say: "This is hard, I don't feel like I can do this" and not have to brace for "AHAHAAAA WANKER" in reply, might be be of help to a lot of men.