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Why men don’t cry?
I recently came across a documentary about Prince Harry, where he was talking about his mother. He mentioned that he has only cried since his mother passed away. Once at her funeral and then maybe once since then.
Prince Harry said that his way of coping is to shut down and lock it all.
But this made me wonder, I have rarely seen men cry.
Regardless of the country, cast, or even religion, men rarely cry! Which makes me wonder, what makes them like this?
From a very young age, men have a different way to deal with their emotions!
Even if men cry they are always judged and thought of as weak.
Whether it is nurture or nature, it is hard to understand why there is a huge difference between the way men and women process their emotions.
Let’s start with an example:
Tom is a man who has been raised to believe that men should be strong and not show emotion. He has always been told that “big boys don’t cry,” and has learned to suppress his emotions and keep a stoic facade. When Tom experiences difficult or emotional situations, he tends to bottle up his feelings and not show them to others. This includes not crying in front of women, even if he feels overwhelmed or upset. Tom may feel that crying in front of women would make him appear weak…
