Pondering: “The Male Loneliness Epidemic”

Schauer Thoughts

Sarah Schauer & Studio71

Education, Comedy

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week we’re tackling the “male loneliness epidemic!” From men’s first widespread tango with mental health to the socialization and neural pathways that got them there, no corner of our kooky brains will go unchecked. So strip down, mull around, and join us in the communal lavatory for some Schauer Thoughts. If any resources are missing, please let me know and I will update this list ASAP. Resources: Facts and statistics about loneliness https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/facts-and-statistics/#:~:text=Emotional%20loneliness%20%E2%80%93%20%27the%20absence%20of,others%20and%20the%20wider%20world The Psychology of Loneliness https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/wp-content/uploads/Psychology_of_Loneliness_FINAL_REPORT.pdf Are Women Equivalent to Tools?… To Him, Yes! https://sharedhope.org/2011/03/30/are-women-equivalent-to-tools-to-him-yes/#:~:text=According%20to%20an%20article%20from,perceive%20women%20as%20sex%20objects Accessing neural responses towards objectified targets and objects to identify processes of sexual objectification that go beyond metaphor https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6491438/ The Beneficial Effect of Empathy on Loneliness Intervention https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7249960/#:~:text=The%20Beneficial%20Effect%20of%20Empathy%20on%20Loneliness%20Intervention&text=Additionally%2C%20existing%20research%20has%20demonstrated,et%20al.%2C%202012 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.6	brainers and middle brainers. You lovely, I was going to say few, but many, most, you know, most.
0:50.4	I mean, all of us really are left and right brainers and middle brainers, you know, complex cognitive processes, along with reflexes and voluntary and voluntary, and, you know, just the general somatic sensations of sensory input.
1:06.0	We all are left and right brainers here at Shower Thoughts, but this week we're going to be talking about the male loneliness epidemic.
1:14.6	Now, I will take this seriously and dive into the research of it, as well as go into some neuroscience.
1:21.6	And then I will give some fun anecdotes, and then I will actually give some reasonable solutions because here's the
1:30.3	thing um when I studied it it's obviously had to deal with some sort of you know emotional intelligence
1:36.6	deficits and here I am autistic right and I'm not saying that autism makes you emotionally a deficit or unintelligent.
1:46.0	I'm saying that I like to break down emotions
1:48.0	to a granular level, hence my intro.
1:51.0	And so you're in good company.
1:53.0	We are going to talk about empathy and what it means
1:57.0	and how to build it and why you need it
2:00.0	to combat this male loneliness epidemic.
2:03.1	But before we get into that, with shower thoughts, we like to warm up.
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