It’s OK for Men to Talk About Loneliness

Americans are lonely. All Americans are experiencing record levels of isolation and loneliness, but to read the headlines, you might think it’s only men who are suffering. In addition to this current focus on male loneliness is a certain amount of petulance about it. I see too many essays entitled “Men Are Lonely and Nobody Cares” or something similar and to be honest, it reminds me of a toddler throwing a tantrum.Meanwhile, if you search Men and Loneliness you’ll actually see that most major news outlets have written sympathetic stories about this in the past few years. Everybody from The New York Times to BBC Science Focus has offered their take as well as thoughts on what can be done about it.

A Call to Men and The Roots of Loneliness Project (to name just a few) have written sympathetic pieces. Lots of people care about men and loneliness. Mark Greene has been writing about it for years right here on Medium. But men are not unique in this.People from underrepresented racial groups are more likely to be lonely. 75% of Hispanic adults and 68% of Black/African American adults are classified as lonely – at least 10 points higher than what is seen among the total adult population (58%). This is notably different than previous data which showed similar experiences of loneliness across racial and ethnic groups.

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