People who cry at movies are not "real men"? [View all]

[Bonobo]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1090551

Sometimes much can be gleaned from a single sentence. It can reveal the true mindset that lurks beneath all the poses.

This Group addresses in many ways what it means to be a man.

Some have attacked its existence, claiming that "real men" don't need to whine.
Implications that there is an element of woman hating or mother-seeking or inability to fight or make love.

All point to one thing. A deep-set insecurity about one's own manhood based on a false view of what it means to be a man.

And so, I leave you with these questions.

Did you ever cry during a movie and do you feel, like the OP linked above, that it undermines your manhood?

Or is actually this clinging to worn out ideas of manliness that is a central cause for some of the problems that exist for men, and indeed for women as we try to achieve a better balance and learn from each other?