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I don't know how I feel about that.
Yes you do, you just won't admit it.
Fine then! It's like a white hot rod of iron plunged directly into my heart by a screaming banshee on a dark and lonesome moor.
Aye, it sucks.
But hopefully with the gradual elimination of Gender Roles/Expectations, this kind of cultural silliness will come to an end. :yes:
I've gotta admit though, I am surprised by the claim that late adolescent males are *seven* times more likely to commit Suicide than their female counterparts.
I've gotta admit though, I am surprised by the claim that late adolescent males are *seven* times more likely to commit Suicide than their female counterparts.
I didn't expect it to be that high either. But they might be talking about "successful" attempts. I know girls are much less likely to succeed at suicide than boys.
Yeah I remember George Carlin when he said that women attempt it more, but males actually succeed more - "So we're better at it!", as he said.
Bullcrap!I mean, I just want to wear fluffy pink dresses and sob gently into strangers' bosoms.
I read the article, I watched the video, I understand it, but I still don't know what all men feel but never admit. Could someone smarter than me spell it out for me......thanks
I could be wrong, but I think it was getting at the cult of masculinity that says men should not have pronounced feelings about things beyond, say, expressing a very limited range of emotions, such as anger.
Perhaps strangely enough, my mother held to that notion, but not just for men, for herself too. She couldn't -- and still can't -- express her emotions very well. She's very stoical in that regard.
When I was in my thirties, my second wife described me as "taciturn, arrogant, stoic", and some other thing that I forget now. But a few years later I met a friend who persuaded me those qualities -- especially the taciturn and stoic -- were not always good ones, and she did a lot to help me get in touch with my feelings. It was difficult -- almost hilariously difficult -- at first, and the transformation took a few years. At any rate, because of those experiences I feel I can relate to what they're talking about in the video.
I didn't expect it to be that high either. But they might be talking about "successful" attempts. I know girls are much less likely to succeed at suicide than boys.
Thank you. I was leaning towards that, but I have never had a problem expressing myself, I now can see how it fits the title, somewhat old school, maybe a little vulcan The expression man up ,or be a man, have some balls, don"t be a cry baby, really never meant don't have any feelings, but I was never told those things. Driving these sayings into a child could be detrimental. Thank againI could be wrong, but I think it was getting at the cult of masculinity that says men should not have pronounced feelings about things beyond, say, expressing a very limited range of emotions, such as anger.
Perhaps strangely enough, my mother held to that notion, but not just for men, for herself too. She couldn't -- and still can't -- express her emotions very well. She's very stoical in that regard.
When I was in my thirties, my second wife described me as "taciturn, arrogant, stoic", and some other thing that I forget now. But a few years later I met a friend who persuaded me those qualities -- especially the taciturn and stoic -- were not always good ones, and she did a lot to help me get in touch with my feelings. It was difficult -- almost hilariously difficult -- at first, and the transformation took a few years. At any rate, because of those experiences I feel I can relate to what they're talking about in the video.