Why don't men ask follow up questions? 🤔🚫❓

I’m not like other guys… right?

It’s been known for years now that men aren’t the best at asking follow-up questions on dates with women. But a more specific version of this phenomenon has emerged: men aren’t even asking other men follow-up questions, even their good friends!

Noah, Devan and I would like to believe we’re different. Perhaps more sensitive, more inclined to ask each other about our lives… but we’re also journalists who are interested in finding the truth. So with the help of “mindful masculinity” expert Liz Plank, we get to the bottom of why men don’t know anything about their male friends, and we put our own friendship to the test.

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You can buy Liz’s book, For the Love of Men, here and follow her on IG here.

And here are some of the links we refer to in the episode:

• Why Don’t Men Ask Me More Questions On Dates? (Bustle)

• The Gendered Way We Ask Questions Is Terrible For Both Men and Women (Quartz)

• Who Asks Questions And What It Tells Us (Behavioral Scientist)

Let us know why you think men don’t open up more in the comments below!

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