Is it ok for men to cry?

No really not, I don't think it's a sign of weakness. Actually it's even a sign of courage (just because the social standard is to teach that boys shouldn't cry) On another hand, it's not necessary to cry for everything and nothing, and you can do it alone not in front of other people. I'm a woman and I also don't cry "in public". It helps to cry, it washes the pain and the suffering, empties the stress and lowers the pression. I'm sure that if men would cry more, they certainly would be less violent in their reactions, because it would help them to get the pain outside instead keeping it and adding pains to pains until it explodes violently. And to answer to the first comment, women are not more beautiful than men when they cry, lol

There is nothing wrong in crying. Man is also human. He is not Superman. There are times, when emotions cannot be controlled when it comes to the loss of very near and dear ones. Don't expect them to be standing like rocks as if noting ever happened - bravery is on one side and stupidity on the other, the difference between them being only a very thin line.

Hi, If a man cries, never trust him. He is just acting. He is actually trying to show to others that there is a sensitive side of his. Only cowards cry and being a coward is not the trait of a man. A man is expected to be as calm and composed as possible and must be willing to brave any kind of storm. Emotional attachment is bound to be there for everyone. Crying is not the male way of exhibiting emotions.

if men should start crying what do they want women to do.

i think that men look ugly if they start crying so they must control it.

NOP THEY SHOLUD NOT

why not? i think it is okay for them to cry. its a form for them to release their feelings.

No not at all. I have a bad past experince with this. In my college time we were singing a chorus song and by mistake i slipped out some words before everybody and the whole song got disturbed. Then i was made so much by my friends that i started crying. When still afetr seeing me crying more of them came to have fun on me...so i made my heart strong and started abusing like anything..now everybody became silent. So i promised not to cry so easily...it makes a mockery out of you.

It is totally okay for a man to cry. Personally, I agree with you that it is nicer if they cry when they have a real reason and not if they just cry at the drop of a hat. There is something about seeing a man cry (unless it is over something major) that can kind of be offputting even to me, but I would not wish to stop a man from crying. I just like my guys to be somewhere between really girly and macho. I cannot stand really macho men, but I don't want a guy who is too incredibly feminine, either! *laugh* But men should definitely not be afraid to cry or feel that they shouldn't. I hate that society makes them feel that way.

men have the rights to cry......its a way of blowing out the things that bothers himmmm dont you know that crying is a releive ........it doesnt necessary mean that they are weak....be yourself....

For me it is okay for a man to cry, well let's put it into perspective, it's okay for them to cry regarding matters that are much serious, like losing a loved one or something, it is okay for them to express their sorrow because afterall they're still human. It also somehow shows the emotional side of them that you won't see on an everyday basis especially when he carries a really tough exterior. He's got to proove that he still has feelings and emotions too right? But a man that cries over petty things wouldn't be so nice. And it would be more natural if they show their emotions upfront rather than choke on the tears that they try to hide, that would look... much weirder than him crying it out.

Crying is never a sign of weakness regardless of what we have been led to beleive. Crying is an external display of our deep emotions. Pitty the man that cannot feel deeply about something for he has shut down his emotions. While we all cry. Some internally, some externally, to not be able to let out things that hurt us most will force those thing to stay with us. If you see a man cry it says a lot about him. It says this man is capable of caring deeply and it says that more than almost anything else could.

When a man cries, for me it doesn't mean that he is weak. I can even say that he is really strong if he cries because he was not afraid to express what he really feels....crying can also make us feel better when everything's went wrong...we have to express the pain to let it go away...

yes, we are human being and we are bond to that kind of emotion. i think there showing some weakness or softness wont decrease your masculinity. crying is not a sign of weakness, but showing the true feeling within.

I have always been taught to hold my emotions in check and as a result I rarely cry if ever. The only time I do is in private around the people closest to me when I do. I have had no reason to do so in quite a long time because my life has been very easy going for the past few years. So I don't have a need for sadness or feel the need to cry. Some people see it as a sign of weakness, others as a sign of vunerability. Personally I don't think that a man should cry in public unless he is in a very dire or somber situation. I would prefer if no one cried in public actually. Maintaining composure and keeping your emotions in check is something we should all do in front of other people. In private it's ok, just hold yourself together in front of others.

I think it really depends on the situation. Crying over something silly is a big no no but that is the same for women too. It really upsets me to see a man cry because i really don't see it very often. My boyfriend and i went through a rough patch and i was on the verge of breaking up with him. He started crying and that was what made me realise he was doing everything he could and he really did care. I have never seen him cry before or after.

Not really so! As you said it is the Society made thing! In nature the males and females do have same state of emotions and their way of expressing the emotion is also the same! When a male can laugh like a female why can't he cry? Didn't he cry when he was an infant, when he was a Kid? I think and I experienced that being male really doesn't prevent you from crying. I am a male and I get cry at the site of some emotinal scene even on TV or movie. It all depends on how sensitive you are for others and your consideration and concern for others. A person who does have these qualities only can understand what are emotions and how to react \, one need not train oneself to get into this state , it comes very naturally! Then may one be a male or female!

Crying helps to de-stress yourself. It is not right to say that only women can cry and men cannot cry only because it is thought as a girlish thing to do. We have to remember the fact the both are human beings and both are subjected to stress. Women can release their stress by crying and men suppress them due to fear of crying. This causes a lot of bad effects on men like they get heart strokes etc. Women have less strokes due to the fact that they cry often and release their stress. Men suppress their stress and this becomes harmful for them. Men and women, both should be allowed to cry and release their tension or stress which helps to prevent many diseases caused by stress. Please do not consider men a weak if they cry. Try to see the good effects of crying whethere men or women.

I think crying is the best way to give passage to your your hidden emotions. By not crying a man keeps on storing his emotions and becomes just like a volcano. As the volcano keeps on storing many things and one day explodes and brings destruction same would be the case with men who don't cry. It is very necessary for every individual to give vent to their feelings by crying so that they become relaxed.

For me, men who cries with a significant reason is admirable, it's shows that they are human and they have something they hold in their hearts that is dear and with some circumstances they felt hurt and the agony. So it's good to let it out in a form of crying , rather than going to a bar and got drunk trying to hold strong and show that he is okay but deep inside he is hurting. Being honest to one'self is great weather it is admitting that sometimes you felt tired, hurt and weak rather than pretend to be always strong and avoiding to accept the reality that sometimes in life we felt the pain, agony and it's hurting us inside.