The “Male Loneliness Epidemic” Does Not Exist

The media panic around “male loneliness” is driven by cherry-picked statistics and sexism. Now, that’s sad.

What every man ages 18–29 does when he doesn’t have a girlfriend. Photo by Sasha Freemind on Unsplash

My partner is my best friend. This is because I am terrible at making friends, and I admit it. I tend to have two intimacy settings — either “you are my best friend and I will literally love you for the rest…