Mark Greene explains why the damaging culture of male emotional toughness results in men’s reduced life expectancy
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On April 6, I was invited to talk with Jo Good on BBC London radio about my article titled the Lack of Platonic Touch in Men’s Lives is a Killer. I used the conversation to connects the dots on a range of data showing the links between suppressed emotional expression among boys and the resulting isolation/reduced life expectancy this creates for men.
Here’s my article about suppressed emotional connection among boys and the resulting early mortality for men including links to the various data: How an Epidemic of Loneliness is Killing the Men We Love.
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Read more by Mark Greene:
How the Man Box Can Kill Our Sons Now or Decades from Now
Why Do We Murder the Beautiful Friendships of Boys?
How America’s Culture of Shame is a Killer for Boys
The Culture of Shame: Men, Love, and Emotional Self-Amputation
The Man Box: Why Men Police and Punish Others
The Man Box: The Link Between Emotional Suppression and Male Violence
The Lack of Gentle Platonic Touch in Men’s Lives is a Killer
Touch Isolation: How Homophobia Has Robbed All Men of Touch
Boys and Self-Loathing: The Conversations That Never Took Place
The Dark Side of Women’s Requests of Progressive Men
I agree with Mark Greene that warm physical contact is great. In fact, among me and my male friends, the guys who don’t hug are the exception rather than the rule. But people are different, and some people simply seem less comfortable with physical affection than others. I have three sons, and I have hugged them all throughout their growing up years, and we all hug today. One of them, however – and he’s a very loving guy — just doesn’t seem as comfortable with it as his brothers do, whether the hug is coming from me or from my… Read more »