> This is generally known to be true for men.

I haven't heard it before.

> We have a much harder time connecting socially without some sort of shared activity or action.

You might have a harder time doing that; other men have different experiences. The average man has brown eyes and is 1.72m tall; does that mean your eyes and height are that way? It's certainly an error to take statistical generalizations and apply them to individuals - one of the first things you learn in statistics.

Also, the studies you cited don't address this issue. The psychcentral link is about memory research. The other looks at social relationships, but doesn't look at this aspect of them. Do you actually know of any research?

> incredbly personal

Don't bother with the ad hominem distractions.