Men should definitely be allowed to cry. It's a shame that this is even a question. (Not a dig at the OP, because it was a good question to ask...it's more like a dig to society.
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Originally Posted by eskielover
Shoot, I even have problems when I cry as a woman.......I grew up with a mother who was over emotional.....& I didn't want to be anything like her......so very seldom would I allow myself to cry.....& sometimes when I got so frustrated that the tears wanted to come out...I took a long walk by MYSELF so that no one else would see my emotions & it was definitely that way when I was the only woman engineer working with all men.....wasn't about to show any sign of weakness around them.
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This is sorta OT, but this is exactly how I feel! I think it's fine and great that other people can cry, but I'm often uncomfortable and irritated around crying people (male or female) and I personally find it quite hard to cry. I see it as an annoying sign of weakness in myself, but not in others.
So, I often laugh when I hear people say that women cry at the drop of a hat. If only things were that black and white.