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Originally Posted by almostthere
Yes. I see no shame in men crying. I've done a lot of that in my life. Traditionally men have always been looked upon as the pillar of strength in our society. But times have changed. The old ways are fading and when you look at it in human terms it is what makes us human. In the past men were looked upon as being physically strong, macho, and being able to withstand life's difficult challenges without sheding a single tear. But in todays society we have come painstakingly aware how important it is to feel human emotions. When u see the news of all the tragedies and human suffering in our world today it has to have some emotion effect on us, man, or woman. It is in our DNA, and genes, as human beings, to understand how these emotions make us human.
Woman, blessed with maternal instincts, are more in touch with this essential human emotion than men. Woman have to deal with children, cooking for the family, and working, etc. while men only have to deal with their own issues, which compared to woman's issues, is much less of a challenge. But we men always think we are stronger than the woman.
We are living in a society where men are being challenged about their emotions. What makes a woman cry may not necessarily make the same man cry. But in realty, as I man myself, it often makes us look back and comfront our human emotions head on and we cry in private as to not let anyone know how really human we are as men, which is not a show of weakness, but of strength, which many men will deny.
I, for one, am not ashamed of crying. I think it puts me in touch with my human side and helps me to dispel any weakness associated with such an intense human emotion. Simply said... it makes me a HUMAN BEING!!!
Nough said....
I'm "almostthere"
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I can't agree with you. I'm sorry but crying over funerals or something serious like having a terminal illness, I can understand crying. But crying over silly things is a sign of weakness. The whole idea that times are changing and men should open up more I sometimes think is an attack on masculinity. There's nothing wrong with being strong and stoic. There's nothing wrong with not crying or not feeling the need to cry.
I also don't agree that men have less of a challenge in life then women. Men have our own things to deal with. If a man doesn't make money, in many countries he lives on the streets. A woman can shack up with a man, she doesn't have to be the breadwinner, but a man has to be earning some income in this world or he's in trouble. A woman also get the children in a break up. If she decides to take those kids to another country he has to deal with that.