Men have feelings too
They feel as we do, and it just stinks that when growing up, young boys are taught to never cry, that real men don't cry. But in reality and logically talking about science pertaining to the human body, men can cry. And how important it is for your body to cry at times and other functions to work as well as it does in women. So telling somebody they are not supposed to do something like that, it's just completely wrong. They're not robots
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 3:25
When we tell our boys, I'm speaking for me, and I think I speak for a lot of guys, I really do, because I don't believe that when we tell our sons that big boys don't cry or real men don't cry, we're not saying you can't cry scientifically. We're not saying that. Of course we know everybody can cry. I know that as I'm telling my son that
Hey, hey. Hey. This is Cat Fish. Minnie. I just want to say I see where you're coming from, and I believe that it's amazing that you did it out of love and understanding. From outside looking in, I noticed a lot of females I came across don't sound like they're coming from a loving place, but from hurt and pain. When they tell their boys, real men don't cry. But that's the thing. They are boys, not men
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Mtwadamela Ijogo
@Mtwadamela · 1:57
But okay, since you think I don't, I'm going to keep doing it. You know what I mean? Simply based on my age. And I was raised by my mom. My dad wasn't around, so all those lessons and things like that I got from my mom. She was not the type where she wasn't going to condemn you if you cried for something. In fact, she would support you. But she also was not for no weakness either
Jack .
@zejacques · 3:24
And whether I was again taught that overtly or I just observed the way that men, as in fathers or uncles or grandfathers or older cousins or people at school or whatever, behave, that's kind of just the way I followed. But I do want to preface that. I think there are nuances here within culture, country, race, religion that play a part. So for me, my father was present growing up. I think he was never really taught how to express his emotions effectively