Holmbo Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 This article is not specifically about aromanticism but I think still applies since it is about being a deliberately single man. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/202201/single-manhood-is-so-much-more-the-stereotypes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 That is a nice and positive take. It is really reassuring to see these new narratives about singleness show up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Interesting article that. Absolutely right that a lot of the positive writing about singleness was been written by and for women. Good to see a guy being comfortable writing about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Thank you again for sharing that. It got me thinking about why so little of writing about single people is by men. I've just did a short blog about the idea because it really struck me as interesting. https://roboticanary.wordpress.com/2022/01/08/men-writing-about-singleness/ But long story short, I reckon its even more general than just singleness. Men are not really expected to write about relationships in general. So agony aunts rather than uncles, relationship gossip is marketed at women, that sort of thing. I wonder if that feeds into singleness as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gray Warlock Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 ah Bella DePaulo. Have you seen her TED Talk? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZysfafOAs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gray Warlock Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 The article itself is quite good. Being a lifelong single at 42 I related to much of what he was talking about, the stages of singleness and such. If I may dive deep for a moment, the talk of a single man getting in touch with domestic "feminine" aspects of his personality reminded me of a concept I've read about in Carl Jung called the Anima. It's described as the Contrasexual Self that dwells in the subconscious. In the process of Individuation-the process where a person becomes fully aware of themselves and integrates all aspects of their consiousness into their personality-encountering the Anima is the penultimate stage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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