Single women are also "an epidemic" and actually have higher levels of loneliness than men - it's not women who are wringing their hands about this stuff, it's guys. Do you honestly think that most media is owned and operated by women?
It's not that women don't care about men, it's that they are not losing sleep over it in the way you have purported (because they've got their own problems), and they certainly aren't afraid of single men - unless they are actually threatening them.
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.
According to the 2022 Cigna Group report on the loneliness epidemic
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.
People with lower incomes are lonelier than those with higher incomes.Nearly two-thirds of adults (63%) earning less than $50,000 per year are classified as lonely. This is 10 points higher than those earning $50,000 or more. Relatedly, almost three in four people (72%) who receive health benefits through Medicaid are classified as lonely, which is substantiallymore than the 55% of adults covered by private, employer- or union-provided health insurance benefits.
Young adults are twice as likely to be lonely than seniors. 79% of adults aged 18 to 24 report feeling lonely compared to 41% of seniors aged 66 and older. This is consistent with earlier research.
More than twice as many younger adults as older adults experience feeling left out. More than two in five adults (42%) aged 18 to 34 report “always” feeling “left out,” compared to just 16% of people aged 55 or older who say the same.
Men and women have roughly the same likelihood of loneliness. 57% of men and 59% of women reported being lonely.
