then there should be a large enough pool with things in common to avoid loneliness. If this specifically means sexual/relationship loneliness than, yeah.
Your last statement is correct. Most men aren’t socialized to have deep emotional relationships with their male friends, so they have to rely on a romantic relationship to do all their emotional support (if they even do that, there’s some that are also so convinced the women will hate them if they get emotional). Women haven’t felt as much of the pain of the loss of 3rd spaces for socialization because it’s socially acceptable for them to have emotional relationships with their friends.
Your last statement is correct. Most men aren’t socialized to have deep emotional relationships with their male friends, so they have to rely on a romantic relationship to do all their emotional support (if they even do that, there’s some that are also so convinced the women will hate them if they get emotional). Women haven’t felt as much of the pain of the loss of 3rd spaces for socialization because it’s socially acceptable for them to have emotional relationships with their friends.