>>i don't think too many here
have the heart to actually
tackle this topic.<<<

I'm realizing this! : D

>>>my dear i think you've
gone completely over their
heads. <<

I thought I wrote it in the plain English! lol!
I honestly don't think their reading...probably skimming.
It is a bit lengthy.


>>i do believe men are taught that emotions are
seen as something women struggle with more.<<

absolutely.

>>when in fact men only supress theirs for
fear of looking less masculine.<<

Do women (as a collective) mainly encourage this suppression?


>>i've seen this in my own family.
dad would teach my bro..that crying was
for sissy's and he needed not be all emotional
cause that's how people get under your skin.<<

I've only seen my dad cry in his pillow, when his mother died.
It was like he was afraid for us to see him.

>>i say bullshit! <<<

I do too! Men have every right to display the range of human emotions...compassion, happiness...

>>well that supression soon
started to build up and next thing we knew
dad was on some cryin bullshit when
something went down with grandma...<<

Or it manifests itself self-destructively..i.e. drugs, alcohol.

>>{we} are all human.
with human behaviors.<<<

the bottomline. Everything else is role-play.