Men, It's Ok To Cry

We as women and society too, have created the strong man syndrome: the one where he is taught to take it like man, don't let them see you cry, be emotionless, and strong, strong, strong. But have we done this at the extent of our men? We claim that we want a man to share his emotions with us, but when he cries too much or shares too much, we are quick to run and tell him to man and that is too much for us to handle. So who's fault is it that are men don't know how to cry; theirs for never learning how, or ours for rejecting the emotion that they so desperately yearn to share? Why are we as women so quick to turn our backs on a man who gives us the very thing we ask for; a passage to his emotional world? Do we subconsciously feel that this takes away from him as a man, and makes him less effective to provide and care for us? Have we been so misguided by society that we believe that a man that doesn't conform to the stereotypical image we have grown accustomed to, then he is less than a man? Seems to me, that as a society, we are too afraid of the emotional depth and passion a man can express, so in turn we look him in a box and tell him not to open it or come out, not realizing the damage we have caused and in turn created. Men, being emotional doesn't make you weak, inferior or gay; it makes you human. If you were not meant to cry, then why were you given eyes? For me personally, I love a man who can be emotional as well as express his emotions; not only does that help me to better understand him and what he goes through, it helps me to better understand myself and better love us.