Why do men feel ashamed to show their emotions? Why do the society tell MEN TO NOT CRY? why do they always tell us to suck it up? Why do they tell us to bottle it up? Why do they always tell us to be a man? …….
THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF MEN AND THEIR EMOTIONS
What is misconception you might ask?
Misconception is the wrong or inaccurate idea.
So we can rephrase the topic to be; The wrong or inaccurate idea about men and their emotions.
Now you might ask what is emotion?
According to English dictionary;
An emotion is a feeling such as happiness, love, fear, anger, or hatred, which can be caused by the situation that you are in or the people you are with.
Myles Monroe defined it to be Energy in emotion. E-motion.
So that means emotions is the movement of an energy (love, happiness, fear, anger etc)
If emotion is a feeling of some kind of energy(love, fear etc) that means both male and female species of the human has emotions. Emotions are not only for the female folks.
WHY THEN DOES THE SOCIETY MAKE IT SEEM LIKE ITS A TABOO FOR A MAN TO SHOW HIS ENERGIES (ANGER, LOVE, FEAR ETC)?
Why do men feel ashamed to show their emotions? Why do the society tell MEN TO NOT CRY? why do they always tell us to suck it up? Why do they tell us to bottle it up? Why do they always tell us to be a man?
Does being a man don't Mean being Human?
Or
Are men not as Human as women are?
1.Why are they silencing the men of expressing their emotions? Why they aid the ladies to speak up? Is there anything wrong in being a man?
2.Why is it as if the society supports the women in the matters of emotions than they do to the men folks?
3.Why does it feel awkward to cry as a man? Is crying not part of emotions?
4.Why are men seen as weakling whenever they show their emotions?
Do they know the harm this is causing us? Are they aware of the monsters they are making out of us? Are they aware that un spoken or unexpressed emotions can lead to depression. In fact the majority of the suicide cases we have in men are as a result of emotions unexpressed or expressed but not heard or taken seriously.
The men folks needs to be heard emotion wise.
Holding unto emotions and not dealing with them can cause slow death and yet it seems that the thing that gives men life is the thing that they want to avoid.
There is an experiment that was held among some group of men. They were told to choose between
1. To sit quietly with yourself for some time.
Or
2. To self administer electric shock.
What do you think the majority of the men choose?
They chose to self administer electric shock.
Why?
Because they want to distract themselves from those external processes, lockup emotions that constantly runs them down.
To be continued.....