Comments by "iorekby" (@iorekby) on "Nikki Glaser and Joe Rogan on Men Who Cry" video.

  1. Context is important. Let's be honest, regardless of gender no one likes someone who only indulges in self-pity and doesn't make an effort to improve their situation. Men like that who constantly cry are different to someone who has their shit together for the most part, but maybe they see a video of an old dog in it's final days and it makes them weepy. There's definitely different types of crying.
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  2. It's the same story with boys. Studies have shown in countries like the US and countries in Europe that boys pre-puberty, are just about as expressive with their feelings as girls. Once they hit the teenage years, they are expected to do painful things like participate in full contact sports or start helping with "men's work", which is invariably dangerous and scary. If you try to express any fear or sadness or pain emotionally, what do we usually get told? "Man up" or " Grow a pair " or "it's a man's game, don't be a p***y". And it's not just men saying this to boys, it's often women and girls too. So, what happens? Boys start to shut down their feelings and being expressive. They start to become, as the OP says "dead inside". They stop caring about feelings and start dealing with their pain in other ways (e.g. drinking, drugs, getting lost in video games etc...). And then they grow up unable to expressive themselves, and those very people who used to tell them to "man up" ring their hands and wonder "Why can't men express themselves?"
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  3. If you want to know who her BF is, it's the guy walking around constantly chopping an onion.
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  4. Simple rule: Never ridicule anyone for crying, because you have no idea what they are going through.
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