So, this isn't the article I read for class (I'll dig around for that), but this is one that I bookmarked from 2019...
Madeleine Morris (npub15t7…08hr) [@Crystal_Fish_Caves](https://mstdn.party/@Crystal_Fish_Caves )
Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden
#ToxicMasculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a "female thing"—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price.
By Melanie HamlettPublished: May 2, 2019
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27259689/toxic-masculinity-male-friendships-emotional-labor-men-rely-on-women/
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