Our society undervalues the importance of close relationships for men and fosters their emotional isolation and disconnectedness. Women, on the other hand, receive an opposite message that encourages us to be excessively focused on, and fused with, the problems of others, rather than putting our primary “worry energy” into our own problems. When we do not put our primary emotional energy into solving our own problems, we take on other people’s problems as our own.
Societal CoW re. Roles of men and women in expected reactions to problem solving
