Do men cry often? Or do they just try their best to suppress emotion?

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Leavesbound · Accepted Answer

I can't speak for other men but I have more or less frequently had an urge to cry and have on many occasions fought back tears but I was trained early on not to cry. As my Dad used to say while holding a belt over my naked form "If you want something to cry about I'll give you something to cry about." Then a some of the girls I've dated have told me that real men don't cry. One had caught me crying when I found out my Mom died. The other saw saw me fighting tears while we were watching a profoundly sad movie together. I won't tell you the name of the movie but in the movie a child who the director made the audience fall in love with died a long slow excruciating death and I doubt even the manliest of us were left unaffected.

Lionman95 · Accepted Answer

I don´t cry often but I suppress my emotions as bad as I can simply because they are the inner kind me. The reason I suppress because I´ve been called a dramaqueen by at least a handful of women when I showed them.
I still show emotions to my inner circle of friends most of them are guys but are some are also female. I only show feelings to women I´ve known for at least 5 years just to be sure they get it right.
I don´t show feelings often because for me feelings are often combined with a hinderance/an obstacle/a problem. I can´t talk about feelings without solving this problem.
Whereas for females it comes easier because they can just talk about their emotions. I can´t do that.

Agape93 · Accepted Answer

I don’t often see it sadly. I’d rather they actually show it when they’re sad

EmbraceThePain · Answer

I never really believed that men intentionally suppressed their emotions because they wanted to look more manly. Generally speaking, I don’t think men really care about this, but perhaps a small percentage of the population.

I just think men and women are different in what they find sad, how sensitive their emotions are, and what they emotionally react to (happy, sad, scared, etc).

Do men cry often? No, I wouldn’t say so.

I’ve cried quite a bit over shows I’ve watched recently.
Sometimes, I’ve awakened from a sad dream and cried for over an hour in the morning. I’m just there in my bed, crying, not even remembering the dream exactly. I just remember bits and pieces and most importantly, still FEEL the sadness.

MTC29 · Answer

We do, but usually from sad events and not out of anger or frustration. When my dog died I cried like a little boy (she was a great dog). If my car got towed I would not burst out in tears (as a neighbor lady did).

I was raised by a single mother along with my sister. With two women in the house I saw crying jags that seemed almost constant. Seeing so much crying has made me immune to women crying as a means of manipulation

hahahmm · Answer

If he's a traditional type guy then he wants to be strong for others. He can't be that if he''s blubbering all of the time and helpless. How would you feel if you called 911 for an emergency and the cop showed up crying so much that he can barely walk? Real helpful, right? Back in the day people didn't call 911 at all... they asked their boyfriend/husband/brother to take care of the problem.

So no, a traditional man doesn't cry "often". All humans are emotional to some degree. The question is what you do with those emotions. How do you express them? When? Why? A traditional guy is in control of that, most/all of the time. A non traditional guy isn't. Also if you can't control your emotions then you're easier to manipulate because you will rush into situations without considering the consequences. That's not good for men because men can very easily kill people with their bare hands.

TurboKid · Answer

I don't think I do either. I haven't cried in ages but I don't think it's from suppressing emotion. I just don't get that stressed out or that upset easily. I tend to get a little irritated sometimes but I'm usually back to smiling and laughing within an hour tops.

Juxtapose · Answer

Well once I grew up and learned to *control my emotions* I stopped crying.

I will cry if something important to me dies but otherwise the most emotion you'll get out of me is some teary eyes a few times a year.. if that.

"Control your emotions or they will control you." - My sifu

The_Maphio · Answer

Suppressing emotion is silly. What makes us emotional is just different from what makes you emotional. And by the way, who thinks that crying is not fitting for a man, is a massive dunce.

abc3643 · Answer

They do when their team loses the Super Bowl. (*) (*) In Canada, it's losing in the Stanley Cup Finals.

AndrewMG · Answer

Depends, I cried after the football today... does that count? lol

exitseven · Answer

I recently cried. I did it privately so nobody knew. Before that was a few years ago.

erfanhbp · Answer

I mean I only cried once in two years and, It was something that broke me deep down.

COMMODOREII · Answer

We are taught to suppress and hold our emotions inside.

kevyhanma · Answer

I cried for the first time in 5 years 4 months ago to things I don’t do often that’s getting sick and cry

Nadim171 · Answer

Most men cry when they're completely alone. But never in public.

boggboss · Answer

Most guys bottle up there emotions

he-takes-a-part · Answer

Both comes and must come effortless

eagle1951 · Answer

hold it back when I can

scooogy · Answer

Do women beg for sex often? 🙄

dudeinohio · Answer

Suppress emotion

potatoooo · Answer

Yes and yes.

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