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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:21 PM Original message |
Why do we live in a culture where open displays of emotion are equated with weakness? |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's precisely BECAUSE they're equated with femininity that they're equated with weakness. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Yes, at least in part, it's an aspect of gay oppression. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't worry, this is changing for the better. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. I know what you mean. Thankfully, at work we are all affectionate! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Around here if you smile too much some think there's something really F'ed up about you. n/t |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. We have a manly man complex in this country. IMO many men are very insecure about |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's more than that though. Other cultures are unhealthily masculine too but do NOT... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I think here it's also seen as a loss of control. I've worked in levels in major |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. I was constabtly accused of being gay because I was seen as "emotional" and "effete". |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'd far rather be around someone like you than bullshit uptight jerk macho men. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Thanks! |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'm sorry to hear that. How has it affected you later in life? nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. It taught me why Feminism helps us guys... |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. So we can laugh at Boner ..... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Especially an orange Boner! LOL n/t |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. European men and Latin American men are sexy because they aren't afraid of their female aspects |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Unless you are British.. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. People don't understand most Brits are funky and relaxed, a small percent are stiff uppers nt |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Asian, Middle Eastern, I'd say most others too actually. What makes our culture so paranoid?.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I think that is a cultural trait of the whole Mediterranean that goes back to ancient times. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. In this corporate world, don't you know, emotions are only of good use |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mannnny males are afraid of emotions. So they ridicule them. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't know why, but I wish we could get over it already. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. Personally it's because I don't have the money to move. |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Where would you go if you did? nt |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. Anally retentive: American culture is derived from English, and other Northern European culture. |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. Some replies that I've received from a similar post in a different forum..... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. Do you have data on the other cultures or are you just stereotyping? |
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Locut0s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Lived in China 4 years have travelled to Italy, Spain, Germany ,Switzerland,France, Holland,England. |
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