Why...? Is it because it stereotypes girls as crying more than boys, or that it doesn't allow kids to let out their sadness and/or pain?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Both.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Then I'm still undecided. If girls are expected to cry more than boys, then when they don't, they seem emotionally stronger, so then I disagree. However, it's always good to let out your feelings, so then I agree.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'm not talking about when a girl doesn't cry. I'm talking about the opposite. Yeah it makes a girl seem emotionally stronger but the fact that makes you disagree with the post on that aspect reinforces the gender stereotype that it's not ok for a boy to be less emotionally strong than a girl.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, I don't think it's //right// to make guys feel unsure of shouwing their emotions, but there is still benefit of not doing so. Most girls want sensitive guys, but they also don't want guys who turn into a blubbering mass when something bad happens. Emotions are good, but adults shouldn't show every little feeling they have. Sometimes guys have to act as a 'pillar'. Girls also have a more developed emotional part of the brain, so society magnifies a difference, but doesn't create it.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Girls in societies where girls are expected to be more emotional have a more developed emotional part of the brain. The brain is like a muscle, the more you use a part the more developed it becomes. If a girl used the emotional part of her brain more like girls in societies like that do, that part of their brain is more developed. In societies where the gender stereotype never existed, biologically the male and female brains are much more similar. And there's a difference between showing emotions and being a blubbering mess. And this post is talking about children, not adults.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

What you learn as a child carries on to the adult stage. And I actually think some gender differences are important, like how different cells in the body do different things. It's division of labour. This shouldn't apply to things where the stuff women are allocated earns less money than men's stuff, just for intangible things. In a relationship, it is better to have one emotional person and one more 'stable' person. Just lik how a tower with 10 very strong supporting pillars and 10 decorative ones will be better than tower with 20 moderately strong supporting pillars.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yes, what you learn as a child is carried into adult hood, that was my point. It's not biological, it's conditioning. Yeah, it CAN be better to have one emotional one stable person. Why should the stable HAVE to be the man and the emotional HAVE to be the woman?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Because if we had a random mix of both, reproducing couples beocme very limited. For example, if a guy and a girl make a perfect couple, but they're both of the same type, it would be better to find different spouses. It doesn't HAVE to be the girl, but there should be one gender that is more emotional than the other. And since women have maternal instinct, them being the emotional one is sort of self-enhancing. Men are also biologically predisposed to build more muscle, and emotions may inhibit their use in certain situations. In conclusion, there will be detriment for total equality in this aspect, and there's no reason to invert the status quo. If anything, there's a small reason to keep it the way it is. The difference should be shrunk, but it shouldn't completely disappear.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It depends. If the kid was crying for attention, then yeah i'd tell him to stop being a little bitch. But if he's really upset about something or is in actual pain. Then he should be allowed to cry

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Gender policing is the biggest barrier to equal rights.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

it's not that we don't want him to cry it's that it's not fair to say he's crying like a little girl when little boys obviously cry like that too

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I heard its bad for the boys, when they grow up they feel like they can't show their feeling, and it sorta builds up inside of them. Psychology class =)

by Anonymous 11 years ago