Conquering the Boundaries of Friendship: Making and Maintaining Meaningful Male Relationships

Men are at a disadvantage when it comes to forming relationships with other men. As boys, men are taught to suppress their emotions and to avoid vulnerability at all costs—to be winners and warriors. Mark Roman spent a year collecting interviews with men from dozens of countries around the world and found that these societal and cultural boundaries exist everywhere, and have created a male population that deeply longs for friendship, yet can't find it. This doesn't just hurt men—it hurts th...