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    "Gender",
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    "The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News"
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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In all honesty, the numbers do not fully support the panic that seems to be spreading over the “male loneliness epidemic”. When researchers look at loneliness rates across the lifespan, men and women report similar levels of isolation. A 2019 meta-analysis of nearly 400,000 people found no meaningful difference […]\n\nThe post Men, loneliness, and the friendship gap nobody talks about first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
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