Men Are in a Loneliness Epidemic. Should Women Care?

"And while men’s loneliness certainly requires intervention, the real question is who, exactly, is expected to carry the load of care?" The New Republic, for instance, published “The Lethality of Loneliness” back in 2013, and the article began adding new colors to the canvas of men: loneliness, isolation, and disconnection. It’s Loneliness.” Since then, the men’s loneliness epidemic has become a touchstone for understanding how, and to what extent, men are struggling. And while men’s loneliness certainly requires intervention, the real question is who, exactly, is expected to carry the load of care? And as there is no equivalent office for men, resources that should be aimed at men end up re-oriented toward women (like this article tasking women with talking about men’s mental health).