
I don’t think male loneliness is a scam, it’s a legit issue but they’re just blaming the wrong people/things. They’re using it to fuel sexism instead of fueling the fight against patriarchy, which harms them just as easily. The male suicide rates, the inability to confide in each other on a deeper level, the amount of male DV/SA victims that are unheard/ridiculed. Those are what we need to look at, those are the things that cause male loneliness, not women’s existences.
Just look at how men operate though. You’ll never convince men as a whole not to think with sexual motives first. If you really want to fix this issue, you have to teach young boys to care about each other and not worry about what women are doing. The patriarchy won’t like that though. It’s also crazy how many women find ridiculing male victims / even false accusing men is totally ok because “men can’t be victims” At the end of the day this is a male problem though and men need to solve it…
I think it depends on who’s saying it. From the loudest voices, it is absolutely a scam. We forget that women will genuinely connect with a guy who is mature, has self control and doesnt jump into sex on day one. Guys who are genuinely lonely aren’t shouting “male loneliness,” they are walking up to girls and other guys respectfully and having good conversations…