Don T Cry Like A Girl

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'Suck it up', 'Be a man', 'Don't cry like a girl' - merely a few phrases picked from a bottomless pit of ego-destroying, self-abnegating commands repetitively drilled into the heads of the males of our society; commands that feminise emotional expression and masculinise violence and aggression, resulting in males diminishing empathy, advocating dominance and linking respect with fear.

Throughout early childhood years, the behaviour of young boys proves them to be both as naturally emotionally expressive and responsive as girls; they take stuffed toys from home to nursery for comfort, if they fall and graze their knee, tears openly roll down their face. Biologically there is nothing programming our boys to be dispassionate. When hurt, unhappy or in despair, young boys aren't afraid to let their emotions radiate - suppressing tidal waves of feelings does not cross their mind …show more content…
What is it that transforms them so drastically, from compassionate beings into either heartless aggressors or into individuals possessing tongues of stone, who keep their feelings locked deep inside of them, in fear of looking weak?

Repetitively telling a crying boy that boys don't cry is ludicrous. There is a distinct flaw to this logic: if boys don't cry then a crying boy shouldn't have to be told that boys don't cry. After all, a cat never has to be told not to bark. At such an impressionable age, repetitively telling boys that they aren't supposed to cry, enforces the mindset that expressing emotion in this way is wrong. Young boys are told not to stick their fingers in plug sockets because it is dangerous; telling them not to cry makes them believe that crying is equally as

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