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I was just thinking about how tough men have it in terms of being able to function on an emotional level. It's easy for them to get labeled instantly by how they act, whereas for a girl it's just normal for any emotion to come tumbling out. It is well known that in the past men have been conditioned to restrain any sort of emotion to appear "manly" and doing otherwise would get you labeled as a fag or a pussy. I think this is a big part of the reason why men die sooner than women, because of emotional repressional/suppressional stress. I don't want to get into a long discussion about this because it could go on forever, but I just think it's pathetic how society in general has been conditioned to put so much emphasis on these behavioral norms that they can hurt peoples' lives.
I'm the type of guy who could cry if I heard a sad song and was thinking about a bad time in my life, and I don't give a fuck what people think, but ultimately it doesn't matter because if people saw any guy cry at anything other than a death in the family, they would be negatively labeled as weak, especially by woman because of the conditioned behavioral norms described above. I think this is unacceptable, due to the fact that men, while filled with testosterone, are still emotional beings that shouldn't have to hide anything. I think woman are sometimes disturbed when a guy cries, because they know that they themselves can cry over practically anything at the drop of a hat and think a guy would do the same; but this untrue because men have a different hormonal balance than women, and would never reach the level of crying a woman does. Each sex has there own set of situations deemed suitable to cry about, with men's being on a more selective basis.
Remember the old mob movies where you would see the Boss cry at the end of an opera/symphony/etc? I don't think you'll ever see that being accepted in reality, at least not in our lifetimes. It's more bittersweet to watch on screen because guys in reality know that they couldn't get away with it.
In reality there a probably plenty of guys who will tailor everything from how much sports they watch to what types of music they listen to to either preserve a false sense of machismo in their own minds or to avoid being labeled.
I think society is slowly realizing what I have stated above, but it will take a long time for it to actually become accepted. You all can think what you want of this, but you must still realize there is a lot of truth to it. Or maybe I'm just crazy. But if that's the case, then well, I'd rather be crazy than be the equivalent of emotionally dead.
I'm the type of guy who could cry if I heard a sad song and was thinking about a bad time in my life, and I don't give a fuck what people think, but ultimately it doesn't matter because if people saw any guy cry at anything other than a death in the family, they would be negatively labeled as weak, especially by woman because of the conditioned behavioral norms described above. I think this is unacceptable, due to the fact that men, while filled with testosterone, are still emotional beings that shouldn't have to hide anything. I think woman are sometimes disturbed when a guy cries, because they know that they themselves can cry over practically anything at the drop of a hat and think a guy would do the same; but this untrue because men have a different hormonal balance than women, and would never reach the level of crying a woman does. Each sex has there own set of situations deemed suitable to cry about, with men's being on a more selective basis.
Remember the old mob movies where you would see the Boss cry at the end of an opera/symphony/etc? I don't think you'll ever see that being accepted in reality, at least not in our lifetimes. It's more bittersweet to watch on screen because guys in reality know that they couldn't get away with it.
In reality there a probably plenty of guys who will tailor everything from how much sports they watch to what types of music they listen to to either preserve a false sense of machismo in their own minds or to avoid being labeled.
I think society is slowly realizing what I have stated above, but it will take a long time for it to actually become accepted. You all can think what you want of this, but you must still realize there is a lot of truth to it. Or maybe I'm just crazy. But if that's the case, then well, I'd rather be crazy than be the equivalent of emotionally dead.
