A 2017 study found that men value male friendships or bromances as much or even more than they do their own intimate relationships. Yet, so many of us struggle with maintaining our friendships as we get older, pair off, or simply lose track.
For the latest
Friday Session, Dr. Drew Ramsey, M.D., spoke with Cleo Stiller, a Peabody and Emmy Award-nominated journalist and author of
Modern Manhood, about why these relationships are so hard to maintain and what it means for your mental health.
According to Stiller, there s a disparity among how women and men approach their own friendships. Deep friendships, she said, involve sharing of your emotions, stories, and secrets. Women are socialized to do this from a young age, she said. Men not so much. The effect is that so few men actually talk to other men about what they re going through.
Actor, comedian and writer Michael Ian Black and journalist Cleo Stiller talk about rethinking masculinity and teaching young men to give and receive love.