Comments on: Do real men cry?

By: Fungai Machirori

Fungai Machirori — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:49:52 +0000

I agree with you both. We should stop socialising children into this belief that to cry is something only girls or women do. Tears are a form of release and rather than bottle things up, let them go and move on with a clear mind.

By: Thelma Manhombo

Thelma Manhombo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:12:40 +0000

Yes, real men do cry. I have seen them do so. Why should women be the only ones allowed the release? It’s not only men who tell the “guys” not to cry but women are guilty of this too. I have witnessed a little boy crying in the home and his mother told him she thought that he was the father of the home but since he’s crying she was having doubts. All this results in frustration and we wonder why boys get violent and turn into violent men… Sometimes, what’s good for the goose really is good for the gander.
Stopping someone from getting that release from crying is stopping them from feeling. If a person stops feeling then they are just a shell, a zombie going through the motions.
Let the tears fall down and “just let go, let it flow, let it flow, let it flow…”

By: C. Maruta

C. Maruta — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:00:40 +0000

So, do you cry when you feel the tears coming? because I’m women of 47 and i have found that sometimes when i want to cry i control myself and hold back the tears. Though of late i have learnt to let them flow no matter where i am. As i believe its a neccassary release especially being Zimbabwe and with everything that we’ve been through. Therefore its health.