Males in friendships!

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I don't mean to stereotype here but do you think men have a lot more of an uncaring attitude towards each other than women do? You know how in friendships girls are always there to help out there friends and comfort htem but how come males don't have this same attitude towards each other?? If anything men just don't seem to care about the well being of thier fellow man.

I am not implying that all men should go around acting gay in friendships but i think men should look out for other men like women do. That said some men can be warmer than others but they usually tend to be a bit gay All that i am saying is that a lot of the time straight men just seem to act grumpy and grunt to each other just generally act cold. It could be partly down to society stereotypoes of men/women and that men are suppoused to be macho and thick skinned. Possibly if men were not so afraid of homosexuality they would adopt a more warmer and caring attitude towards other males?

I am equally guilty since i have very little emotion and hide my feeling so i know i may sound like a hypocrite.

I did read up somewhere that apperently women have a kind of weird physical attraction towards other females that men don't have towards other males? Not sure if its true.

I will say though that men don't bare grudges in friendships as much females do. basicly men are forgiving towards other men where as girls can be bitchy towards other girls over small things.

and do you really think that women's attitude toward the men are usually the same toward other women? Usually, it's not.

That's how things are.

As a man, you are not allowed to talk and whine about your problems. You won't get much emotional support , you'd hear people tell you "don't act like a loser" or "don't be sissy" and rolling eyes.

You just have to deal with them silently.

How come girls can get away with complaining?

because society is unfair.

i mean just bececause your male does not mean you can't at least have some concern for a friend if he is in trouble.

Seriously, people both male and female can have different degrees of caring in different relationships

Basically society teaches girls to be caring in relationships, and guys not to be as caring. The fact that Im not a guy, I dont really know a whole lot on the pressures society puts on males. Males are not suppose to be "cared" for in general...its like the suck it up mentality. Even tho men are often taught not to care, they are often still capable of it. Being the girl that I am...Ive been "cared" for at times by guys, not in the same way that girls would care for me, whereas I doubt they would show the same caring mentality towards their fellow guys.