Women vs. Men
Men are no less emotional than women. It is just that they are ‘not allowed’ to show it as much as women are allowed to. Kim Mathew, a stock breaker, says, “I don’t think that men are less emotional than women–it is just that they are not given a chance to show it. Even if they break their head, it is not acceptable for them too cry. I guess all these incidents add up and after some time they just burst it out.”
So the obvious question to society is that, why is a man not allowed to express his feelings without being laughed at?
Samantha, a homemaker says, “When I am
Men from a tender age are taught that showing emotions is a sign of weakness. Emotional baggage for men comes out in spurts.
There are ways to find out that whether your man is emotional or not:
- He does not rationalize his feelings.
- He acts more on emotions than on logic.
- He harbours constant feelings of jealousy.
- He has bouts of anger.
- He may suffer from sleepless nights.
- He has feelings of acute fear.
- He gets obsessed with something or the other every now and then.