Is This Gay?

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A lot of men don't go the next step because they don't want to be looked at as less masculine than by women. Women tend to be able to have that relationship more easily and men tend to stop themselves or they stop each other. Sometimes it's some weird thing about homophobia, sometimes it's the expectation that you have to remain a certain kind of stoic for your own well-being. So this suddenly becomes this great friendship gender gap, if you will.

On this episode, we welcome journalist Kate Leaver to talk about her new book The Friendship Cure in which she explores the crippling, damaging, life-threatening impact of loneliness and the severe mental health impacts of living a life disconnected from a support network of close contacts. But...there is a cure...learning how to connect with others and curate better friendships.

In the interview we talk about loneliness, how to make friends, the difference between male and female friendship, platonic friendships, friends with benefits and lots, lots, more.

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