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**meencegic** · 08-23-2011, 03:25 AM

In Germany, it the depends on the situation. If - for example - a girl breaks up with her boyfriend and he cries because of it, it would be seen as not mannish, or in the "worst case" as kind of gay.
But when a person has to deal with the death of somebody important, then it is totally acceptable to cry.

I'm not sure about eritrean/ethiopian culture, but I have noticed I never saw my father cry, except when his aunt died ( she raised him).

08-23-2011, 03:25 AM	#10
meencegic Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	In Germany, it the depends on the situation. If - for example - a girl breaks up with her boyfriend and he cries because of it, it would be seen as not mannish, or in the "worst case" as kind of gay. But when a person has to deal with the death of somebody important, then it is totally acceptable to cry. I'm not sure about eritrean/ethiopian culture, but I have noticed I never saw my father cry, except when his aunt died ( she raised him).
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