Men Do Cry

There are many unsolved mysteries in the world. At times, we don't even look further into the why's and how's of the simplest things in life or even things around us? Every human being on this planet has entered this world in order to solve atleast a handful of these mysteries. Like everyone else, I wanted to probe into something as simple as why men hardly ever cry? Do they ever cry? Are they stone hearted? Or is there something scientific?

There is a lot of speculation and debates about men crying and all that jazz. It was only by doing research for this article did I find out that there were men who cried when they watched movies like Gladiator and Lion King! But on a serious note, men do cry and unlike women, and yeah, they do cry for 'real' reasons.

The idea of men crying may be look like a total turn off for most women. Yes, no sane woman could really appreciate her man crying for every reason she cries. However, here comes the stereotyped notion of women like me who can't stand the thought that men cry at the drop of the hat. Society has forced a deep impact in influencing the gender roles played by men and women. Girls are allowed to cry but boys are restricted from revealing their emotions. In most western cultures, it is more socially acceptable for women to cry in public than men, but this is certainly not true for all human cultures.

According to a study , British men are abandoning their stiff upper lips but still do not wear their hearts on their sleeves like Americans. In a conducted poll of 2,000 people, very few people in their forties or fifties had seen their father cry.

Most men have cry but away from the public view. Men feel that like picking one's nose in private, crying is also an extremely personal affair. Men in general have cried at the loss of a loved one, leaving your loved ones and moving to a different country, loss of job & the death of a loved one . Like the certain inevitable truths in life, the reasons for shedding a tear are justified and it no longer remains a taboo if a guy cries for the right reasons in public .

Source: http://living.oneindia.in


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