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Why singling out male loneliness? Are females less lonely? Could it help with both? Genuinely asking, I don’t know much on the topic.

Bloating 2y ago
Are you genuinely asking? just asking Reply to post below (I'm being rate limited after 3 replies): From what I'm told, privilege is only a white male issue. Maybe some males feel like they are being made a convenient target by the sh!t stirrers Also, what is lonely? Is that a bad thing? Personally, I like it when people leave me alone (especially the shadow banning mods)
- it_citizen 2y ago
  I know it can be a sensitive topic so I try to make it clear that I am completely uneducated on the topic. As another comment above pointed out. With roughly equal number of men and women, I would naively think that if men are lonely, so are women. Is loneliness specific to male actually documented?
  - exe34 2y ago
    it sounds like you're very interested in this - what have you found on Google so far?
    - it_citizen 2y ago
      Googling “are men lonelier than women”, first link is Reddit. Second link is that one: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37563853/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37563853/ > Our analyses show that women were more lonely than men also in adjusted analyses. I don’t have the background to judge that study and I take social science studies with a huge grain of salt. For now, I will just stick to “I don’t know” then.
      - exe34 2y ago
        > "younger" (40-59 years) and "older" (60-80 years) groups of men and women in the second part of life.
  - keybored 2y ago
    > I know it can be a sensitive topic so I try to make it clear that I am completely uneducated on the topic. Two problems can be real while having different solutions proposed for them. “AI companion” sounds like a weird solution but it sounds less weird specifically for men. For cultural or whatever reasons.
antisthenes 2y ago
> Why singling out male loneliness? Because that's how conversations work. You narrow down a problem in an attempt to solve it and argue about it. When someone asks you "How do you fix a bicycle tire?", do you immediately retort with "Why singling out bicycles, and not include cars/buses/airplanes?"
- it_citizen 2y ago
  Then why narrow it by gender specifically? I would think that AI would probably work equally for both. Maybe that would not be the case for age?
- dTal 2y ago
  Men and women are much more similar than bicycles and aircraft. It's more like asking "how do you fix a front bicycle tire", in which case it's reasonable to inquire if the distinction is actually relevant.

Bloating 2y ago

Are you genuinely asking? just asking Reply to post below (I'm being rate limited after 3 replies): From what I'm told, privilege is only a white male issue. Maybe some males feel like they are being made a convenient target by the sh!t stirrers Also, what is lonely? Is that a bad thing? Personally, I like it when people leave me alone (especially the shadow banning mods)

it_citizen 2y ago
I know it can be a sensitive topic so I try to make it clear that I am completely uneducated on the topic. As another comment above pointed out. With roughly equal number of men and women, I would naively think that if men are lonely, so are women. Is loneliness specific to male actually documented?
- exe34 2y ago
  it sounds like you're very interested in this - what have you found on Google so far?
  - it_citizen 2y ago
    Googling “are men lonelier than women”, first link is Reddit. Second link is that one: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37563853/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37563853/ > Our analyses show that women were more lonely than men also in adjusted analyses. I don’t have the background to judge that study and I take social science studies with a huge grain of salt. For now, I will just stick to “I don’t know” then.
    - exe34 2y ago
      > "younger" (40-59 years) and "older" (60-80 years) groups of men and women in the second part of life.
- keybored 2y ago
  > I know it can be a sensitive topic so I try to make it clear that I am completely uneducated on the topic. Two problems can be real while having different solutions proposed for them. “AI companion” sounds like a weird solution but it sounds less weird specifically for men. For cultural or whatever reasons.

antisthenes 2y ago

> Why singling out male loneliness? Because that's how conversations work. You narrow down a problem in an attempt to solve it and argue about it. When someone asks you "How do you fix a bicycle tire?", do you immediately retort with "Why singling out bicycles, and not include cars/buses/airplanes?"

it_citizen 2y ago
Then why narrow it by gender specifically? I would think that AI would probably work equally for both. Maybe that would not be the case for age?
dTal 2y ago
Men and women are much more similar than bicycles and aircraft. It's more like asking "how do you fix a front bicycle tire", in which case it's reasonable to inquire if the distinction is actually relevant.