OPINION: If we are to create whole communities, we must reframe how we feel about men expressing emotions through tears Openly showing emotions in a society where ‘real men don’t cry’—or so we’ve been ...
Deep into a quarantine binge of the popular reality show Shark Tank, I came up with perhaps the most elaborate and specific insult for all of the emotionally repressed men in my life: “Why don’t you ...
Crying represents one of humanity’s most natural emotional responses, yet many men struggle with this basic form of expression. This challenge stems from deeply rooted societal pressures, cultural ...
I got caught in the rain without an umbrella as I was walking to class the other day, and as the first cold drops fell down my cheek, I was reminded of the cheesy cinema cliché where it starts pouring ...
India, a land of contrasts, culture, and chaos, is also home to one of the most unspoken crises of the modern age: men's mental health . For decades, Indian society has trained men to be providers, ...
Do men cry more as they age? My observation is that men cry more as they age, and I think it is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, I've not been able to find much research about it, but everything I've ...
Forget the scoreline in the top corner of the screen. The image of the distraught Inter Milan supporter who flashed up on television screens around the world, as his team prepared to take a ...
It is an all-too-common scenario—a baby is up all night crying, and an exhausted mother gets in and out of bed to care for the infant. The father sleeps soundly next to her, seemingly oblivious to the ...
Openly showing emotions in a society where ‘real men don’t cry’—or so we’ve been conditioned to believe—can be a crushing blow to manhood. Crying is a human expression, but it is a gendered one. For ...