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Boys used to become men by going through an initiation ritual that welcomed them into manhood in the eyes of their communities. Is all we have today strip club visits?
Yesterday Gillette decided to use its authority as “The Best a Man Can Get” to school men in the art of proper post-#MeToo behavior. In an ad brimming with PC condescension, the shaving company held men in general accountable for the existence of “toxic masculinity.” In short, many people are not happy about it. BBC reported that Gillette is currently receiving major backlash and a wide boycott of its brand.
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.