When my husband was having significant problems, one of the things I suggested to him was joining one of those organizations, precisely because it is filled with men and older men at that. The devotion to service to others was also a very large reason.
He suffered a severe loss of direction when his grandfather died. I feel to this day that instead of hanging out with guys his age, who can’t really offer him guidance, he would do much better in some sort of fraternal order.
Where, besides church, do men really get an opportunity to relate to/with older men nowadays?
Cool Story: I had two male customers a few weeks back. Turns out they were some order of something. One guy was recently widowed and his Order buddies were taking him out, making him do stuff and generally watching over him like a bunch of hens. The kindness shown to this man and his appreciation of it was vastly apparent to me. He had a support system that was NOT going to let him fall.
Oh, and they had the coolest motorcycles ever. Jester bike dude, you rock!