Man it’s so awkward for me to hear about this stuff, when this hasn’t been my experience as a man at all. I’ve always been a primarily homosocial guy, and I’ve

Man it’s so awkward for me to hear about this stuff, when this hasn’t been my experience as a man at all. I’ve always been a primarily homosocial guy, and I’ve never felt like I was lacking any of this stuff. Whether it’s someone to play videogames with, someone to cook dinner for, someone to cuddle with, someone to rant to, someone to debate or deliberate or just discuss - I’ve always had male friends close to me who care about me, who listen to me, and for whom I try my best to return the favour, when it comes around. As a matter of fact I haven’t found my female friends to be any better at any of that than my male friends - and a couple of my best friends in particular are women. Maybe I’m just lucky? Maybe other men are just doing it wrong? I really do find the more I’ve grown up, the less I have any use or respect for all this traditional gender stuff. Why are we still pretending it’s valid? Why don’t we just grow out of it already?