You think men should express all their emotions?
Or some emotions dont belong in men
| I am male. Yes | 15 | |
| I am male. No | 10 | |
| I am female. Yes | 21 | |
| I am female. No | 5 |
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zzyzx
A friend told me a cool story, I with attempt to share:
Some scientists did an interesting experiment to understand how people develop emotion. They took a very young baby, dressed it in gender-neutral clothing, and then video recorded it being a baby. They played the video to a group of adults, showing a moment when the baby was crying. The adults were asked to describe the emotion they believed the baby was feeling while it cried.
When the adults were told it was a male baby, they said the emotion it was expressing was "anger". When they were told the baby was female, they said the emotion it was expressing was "fear". The implications for how that affects emotional development is in how the adult responds to that baby's perceived emotion. A fearful baby might be cuddled, yet an angry baby might be very different than how they would react to a fearful baby. The reaction of adults to a baby's expressions can either reinforce or discourage it.
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charli.m
Wow that's fucked.
I've heard that statistically, male children are shown less affection than female children generally. Particularly once a boy hits three, I think it was. It really saddens me. I've worked with so many boys as a nanny, and can't imagine not hugging them when they want or need it.
Plus I know there's a huge difference between an anger cry and a distres cry, etc. The fact that people won't distinguish that because of gender is just beyond me :/
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[Old Memory]
That sounds really interesting. Do you know where that experiment can be found? I'd like to read it. :)
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charli.m
I think thry have every right to as much as women. It pisses me off that men are told by society what they can and can't feel.
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shuggy-chan
Watch a man play an FPS online if you want to see him express emotion. no age restrictions required
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-4iYUtNHU
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ArayaLioness
They should decide for themselves. If they want to, they should. NO man should feel like a pussy for doing it though.
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KeepsakeDoll
No. Sometimes it's best not to let out the fucked up emotions a person has. The same applies for girls.
I met one person who randomly accused me of things I didn't say and he was just so angry all the time. I cut ties with him as soon as I could.
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[Old Memory]
I think men are a bit more emotionally mature and apply our emotions to things that warrant a certain level of emotion.
I think it's a cliche that men don't express their feelings. I don't think men will publicly do it much but we do express our feelings with people such as our best friends and os on. :)
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