This comment was by Claire in reference to the post – 5 Crucial Things My Men’s Group Taught Me
Jude, Bravo! Great message.
It is a rather limiting belief to think that men do not respond emotionally to setbacks in their lives, but maybe that is what we’ve been culturally taught to believe. It’s like the “There’s no crying in baseball” line from A League of Their Own.
Men were cast as weak if they broke out with anything other than swear words…meaning that it’s okay for the anger emotion, but never the sad, melancholy or Heaven forbid the crying emotion!
It’s easy to see why they became typecast in emotional fortitude or resilience. I seem to recall my father even instructing my brother that men don’t cry when he was a kid.
It’s high time that we applaud men’s groups for setting the record straight! Thanks for the insight into what has always seemed like a closed door subject
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