MEN AND EMOTIONS

WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR MEN TO SHOW EMOTIONS?????

Permalink Reply by richard on July 2, 2009 at 11:27pm: Why do women think they know better what it means to be a man?

What I mean is, that's where I'm coming from. Where are you coming from?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tonia on July 3, 2009 at 7:52am: Probably because we have to deal with you so much, I'm not saying I know what its like to be a man, Where are you coming from RICHARD????????; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dennis on July 3, 2009 at 1:10am: isn't this somewhat of a cultural phenomenon rather than a global condition?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tonia on July 3, 2009 at 7:53am: Well said Dave; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by JOHN LANDON on July 3, 2009 at 7:55am: there are so many that do though .... so many; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ed on July 3, 2009 at 8:13am: Lack of emotions? Because as a child we were told to stop crying and man up! Just think if we were in a crisis and we acted like women who would save the day. (ok, you asked for that, haha). I guess if you can generalize so can I.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pablo on July 3, 2009 at 8:31am: Why ask why? You know why.

Think about the men you are attracted to. Strong, self assured, and many more qualities that are hard to accomplish if your emotions are at the surface. How fast would you dump that guy if he started asking you if his jeans made his butt look huge. You'd just run the other way muttering "Pansy" under your breath.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dorothy on July 3, 2009 at 9:35am: I consider myself a mature woman but at 83 I'm finding I don't have the control I used to have. You know, can't stand on my own two feet as well and other control when I cough too hard! lol; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Walt on July 3, 2009 at 5:55pm: I don't think it's about feeling happy as a result of this kind of intimate expression. For me, it really is more about that level of intimacy with another, in and of itself. It brings upon me a sense of completeness, a feeling of being a part of another, a feeling of acceptance. In fact, most of the emotion I express outside of a laugh are antithetical to happiness.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Walt on July 3, 2009 at 6:39pm: well said, and ditto.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Walt on July 3, 2009 at 10:04am: I DO express my emotions, but only to very select women. The rest of the time, I guess I figure no one else has the need to know.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Frank Nerli on July 3, 2009 at 10:16am: Emotions are the body's reaction to the mind. We all feel emotion but as Ed says, many men have been "conditioned" not to express emotion lest we be perceived as weak (call it Toxic Masculinity). The reasons for this go back thousands of years and are the subject of countless books, movies and discussions. Now things are changing.
Today men are being "reconditioned" to feel, express, resolve. I can think of nothing that requires more strength and courage for a man today. Impossible to have a loving relationship without feeling and expressing. Makes sense to me. Women have always known this to be true. Not to mention that unresolved feelings are at the root of so many mental and physical disorders from which we suffer today.
Good bye Clint Eastwood!!! Just hang in there, Tonia. We're workin on it!!; ▶ Reply to This

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