I'm not Sure What to Make of this? "American men’s hidden crisis: They need more friends!"

[westerebus]

5. 15-16 year old hetero males.

This is pretty much the time frame that dating of the opposite sex takes precedence, it is not a surprise that boyhood companionship would begin to take second place. As males and female pair off into the couples relationship stage of courting and sexual experimentation.

The course nature of male banter is no worse than that of their female counterparts. In the locker rooms or in the classrooms or on the internet.

It is a horrible stage of adolescence for either sex, well may be horrible is overstated, awkward none the less. Sex roles begin to mean something. We were all taught from an early age we were meant to love and be loved which in progression is the movement from friendship and companionship to the next level of human relations, intimacy.

This has to be put in context, it is not diminishing the feminine, it is the attraction to the feminine that distances males from other males as competition arises.

Past the college years on to the marriage eligible years comes more distance once the consummation of vows takes place.

Just my observation.