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**finnmontserrat** · 08-23-2011, 07:59 AM

I think men crying is okay, at funerals it shouldn't be a problem, but I read that welling up a little is better and perceived as more masculine than full blown crying since it shows you do have emotions but you are able to control your expression of them (to be honest I think that however you see it and in whatever context sobbing uncontrollably is not masculine).

---------- Post added 2011-08-23 at 01:03 ----------

Found the Scientific American article on crying in case anyone is interested.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...rated-contempt

08-23-2011, 07:59 AM	#36
finnmontserrat Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 392 Senior Member	I think men crying is okay, at funerals it shouldn't be a problem, but I read that welling up a little is better and perceived as more masculine than full blown crying since it shows you do have emotions but you are able to control your expression of them (to be honest I think that however you see it and in whatever context sobbing uncontrollably is not masculine). ---------- Post added 2011-08-23 at 01:03 ---------- Found the Scientific American article on crying in case anyone is interested. http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...rated-contempt
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