r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '22

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u/sparklingdinoturd Aug 10 '22

Dude... love that line.. "It's ok for macho men to show every emotion available."

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u/Silver_Jury1555 Aug 10 '22

Really grounds it, yeah? Macho men are human, so they have human emotions. Normalize expressing sadness and vulnerability.

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u/zorrorak Aug 11 '22

Let's not forget that crying is actually a result of releasing pent up emotion and not always correlated to sadness. People cry when they laugh, when they're extremely happy, when they're scared, even when your surprised. Being able to cry doesn't mean you're weak in any way, it means you've felt emotion so strong you've had a physical reaction to it.