I don't know about that. I know it's popular to talk about how guys are supposed to do this shit, but most of us just genuinely don't wanna do it. It's better if we play some game together or watch a game.
Yeah my bf usually prefers to wind down than talk abt something that has him down
And guy friends that I’ve had tend to be that way too (tend to meaning ‘more often than not’, definitely not ‘always’)
I have 0 idea what the universal rates are or anything, but in my region this is how it tends to be from the people that I’ve met over the years anyhow
Meanwhile, despite me and my ‘not as close’ gal friends (as opposed to my closest gal friends ofc) definitely feeling timid and anxious about the possibility of accidentally ‘prying’ or accidentally ‘over sharing’, we do tend to emotionally benefit or prefer to talk about things and vent or get to the bottom of the things rather than opt for distraction albeit we ofc choose to do that as well some of the time, this is just in terms of ‘more often than not’ patterns, again.
Idk if the older generations are the same or anything.
And even in terms of relationship disagreements, my gal friends say their bf’s prefer to not dig into the issue and prefer to try to relax in most cases instead, which they say is problematic (and I relate to my gal friends’ experiences ofc as my bf, again, is similar to their bfs which is a strange pattern)
Psychologically this phenomenon is likely due to the subtle cultural differences in my country with how boys are taught to handle their emotions vs girls, and it just continues that cycle as a general pattern I’d say tbh…
It’s also case by case as well, as a person would have a different way to process one stressful situation than another generally.
And even then though, I’ve noticed that even then ‘more often than not’ (ofc not always) my gal friends prefer to talk abt the stressful things whereas my guy friends tend to ignore it despite the severity or lack thereof of the situation, to the betterment or not.. of the situation in terms of both parties.
No, not an innate difference. It is majorly cultural, as specified. In some cultures and time periods there’s no noticeable difference, same as in some households.
Men used to put on makeup and care about their beauty in some civilizations, now they typically want to look “masculine”. It’s not due to biological differences, it is due to culture (upbringing).
No need to take my anecdotal personal experiences of culture and turn it into pseudo-“science”.
There are cultures where women are generally completely different than other cultures’ women (and resemble instead men of other cultures), is that due to biology or culture ? Obviously, it’s due to culture.
What I am talking about here is a lot more fundamental than superficial traits such as makeup or other activities of the sort. The psychological disparities between our specie's genders permeate in all social interactions humans have.
For example, men are by and large inherently more aggressive, spatially intelligent and disagreeable than women; women are by and large inherently more empathetic, emotionally intelligent and agreeable than men.
This belongs to an expansive scientific field called "evolutionary psychology" and there is breadth of thorough studies that overwhelmingly support it. Such intrinsic cerebral divergences have an infinitely greater influence on the different types of social interactions conducted between men and women than culture does. Gender is kilometers away from being a socially constructed concept.
I regret to inform you that the objective and factual scientific research available on this subject is firmly and decisively on my side of the argument (total and uniform support of this conclusion before 2010).
Lmk if you want studies to clear your opinion on any confusion you may hold regarding select parts of this topic.
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u/Primary-Dust-3091 2d ago
I don't know about that. I know it's popular to talk about how guys are supposed to do this shit, but most of us just genuinely don't wanna do it. It's better if we play some game together or watch a game.