Spotting the signs that a man is keeping secrets

In a post earlier this week, I described why men are more likely than women to keep secrets. I’m following up with a post about how to spot the signs that someone is keeping secrets from you.

(I’m using the word man throughout this post, because of the evidence that men keep far more, and far more harmful, secrets than women; because I’m interested in how some men’s secret lives are shaped by hatred of women; and because a few of the signs of secrecy (such as penile symptoms of STIs) are sex-specific. However, many of the signs I’ll discuss are also applicable to secretive women’s behaviour.)

TL;DR (you might want to skip this if you read the full piece earlier this week)

It was a long piece, so, for anyone who didn’t read it, the tl;dr gist is this:

• Researchers in this area have found that, from childhood onwards, boys and men are more likely to keep secrets than girls/women. This is partly because of societal expectations that girls should value open, honest relationships more high…