[251EPyso]

Northern Europeans don't like if you show too much emotion in public, especially not grown up men crying, that is taboo.

Is there cultures in the world where it's considered manly and beautiful for men to cry?

I've heard one half-arab man saying that: "my arab heritage makes me crying when watching Goofy".

[GZFL2tDA]

Maybe in Germany. German men are very feminine.

[Ubgvuncd]

Maybe in Germany. German men are very feminine.

I was rather thinking "in which countries is a man that cries seen as a warm and sanguinic man while a man who can not show that kind of emotion is cold and stiff".

Some ethnicities are warmer and more emotional than other, and it might also be that men who cries are part of that warmness.

Judging by your answer, it's taboo in Serbia for men to cry as well.

Men are always stiffer than women, because solidness and stiffness is seen as masculine and strong.

"White men don't dance unless they're gay" - quote from the black doctor in Scrubs.

[Allorneadesee]

Not in Cyprus or Turkey.

[Yb4bulVR]

Japan, but only like at a death of a friend or an emotional battle or something

[soSldI4i]

Japan, but only like at a death of a friend or an emotional battle or something

Japanese have a kind of honour culture so tears on these occasions might be manly.

[vvxtiopmx]

Canada if you win the super Lottery, a couple million, sure it's okay to cry.

[Old-old-Ivy]

Not in Canada. It seems more acceptable for men to show anger, than to cry, even at the death of a loved one, which is kind of a bad thing in a way. Even at a very young age, boys are told they're not supposed to cry.

This sometimes applies for girls too, though. Depends on circumstance. Death of a loved one, OK. But in Canada, there is a strong stigma towards mental illness or depression so to admit you have such problems, regardless if you're a man or a woman, or show them, is discouraged and you will end up being discriminated against. Many people don't seek help as a result. Even in our free health care, mental health gets the least funding and is usually the first to see budget cuts, which has caused disastrous results.

[Wheldcobchoto]

I guess Canada has pretty high suicide rates because of that?

Cold people are the ones with highest suicide rates (like Finns).

[meencegic]

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).

[EspnaConCam]

I guess Canada has pretty high suicide rates because of that?

Cold people are the ones with highest suicide rates (like Finns).

We're not incredibly high, but high enough. Immigrants have higher suicide rates. I think this is because Canadians aren't as outgoing as say, our neighbours to the South. Native born Canadians are used to this mentality, but immigrants may not be. We don't really approach people, so if an immigrant wants to make friends they have to approach Canadians, and I can imagine they are too shy to do so sometimes being it's a different culture. This can lead to a lonely existence. But we will be nice, and be your friend, if you approach us, we definitely won't bite. I guess we are a shy nation (that and it's considered kind of rude to be all up in a new person's business, we assume that they will approach when they are ready, we don't want to bother you).

[ITYfl01c]

Contrary to expectations I think Finnish guys cry quite a lot actually, like when in drunk fex. But I don't see anything non masculine about it. If I cry I cry fuck everybody else imho. It's usually done in a manner that's not feminine like first bit drunken fighting, then you tell everybody to go fuck themselves and then you cry about it. Honestly nothing feminine about it.

[Promalada]

Men in Turkey are allowed to cry but only under severe conditions like loosing a loved one or when they are extremely drunk beyond that it is not considered normal and frankly it isn't.

[fd8IIys2]

I'm a woman, I only cry when alone.

[johnuioyer]

Men in Turkey are allowed to cry but only under severe conditions like loosing a loved one or when they are extremely drunk beyond that it is not considered normal and frankly it isn't.

In Mexico men are allowed to cry when very drunk, and they hug and kiss each other and show affection and emotion and it's ok.
I think (traditionally) they have a lot of pressure to show the manly macho mask thing but it is understood that with booze they can show their true, more emotional selves.

My dad is very sensitive but is from a generation in which it's not allowed to be shown and he doesn't even know how to.
He often cries when drunk

[PPActionnGuys]

I need to revise my answer. Ofc it's a no-no to be a whiner and overly emotional about stupid reasons. Men should not cry like women, men should cry like men. And that's the point: boys should not cry. It' s a solely a man's privilidge. When boys cry it looks bad, when

That excactly sums it up.

[Brewpralgar]

I've heard one half-arab man saying that: "my arab heritage makes me crying when watching Goofy".

Regardless of how accurate the recalling of this sentence is... Funniest thing I've read here today.

[NikolaAAA]

So far as I recall it's only acceptable for a man to cry when you lose someone (as in due to illness or passing away). Of course also people who suffer from 'real depression' (not just feeling unhappy like most of us, but the mental illness most of us will luckily never experience), but these people are crumbling on their bed and you don't see it in public.

[Innoloinarp]

I think no one cares here. Although it's not normal for men to cry, when it happens no one says anything.
Example: some of the portuguese players cried last saturday when they lost the final of the under-20 world cup to Brazil. No one commented or cared, and i'm sure the whole country felt sympathy for them.

[Grieryaliny]

I think no one cares here. Although it's not normal for men to cry, when it happens no one says anything.
Example: some of the portuguese players cried last saturday when they lost the final of the under-20 world cup to Brazil. No one commented or cared, and i'm sure the whole country felt sympathy for them.

Also an example, when group dynamism is involved and people are absorbed into something.