It isn’t a male loneliness epidemic, it’s a loneliness epidemic. You’re never going to get satisfying answers to your questions if you accept the framing that it’s a male loneliness epidemic.

My criticism was precisely aimed at people specifically claiming it to be a male loneliness epidemic…?

but pretending that there isn’t a loneliness epidemic because it’s used to power some incel memes is contributing to the apathy about this issue which is causing harm to both men and women.

I never claimed there wasn’t a loneliness epidemic, just that there isn’t a male loneliness epidemic.