Because a person's feelings are as much their own private property as their body is. No-one has the right to demand access to either.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
And there's a definite imbalance here where men are assumed to have agency & ability to overcome inhibitions but women aren't.
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Ppl don't often tend to say that women need to learn to assert themselves in response to claims that women get talked over in the workplace.
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Then its men who need to be more reticent & encourage women to speak more confidently & ensure that they have the opportunity to do so.
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But they do say that men need to learn to express their feelings more in response to the claim that mental illness & suicide is due to this.
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Sometimes, it's suggested that women could have some role to play in encouraging men to emote more & giving them opportunity to do so.
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But it's very often suggested that its emotional labour when women 'have' to do this & women are the victims of men not doing this.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Obviously, this is one skewed narrative.But people who tend to talk about this make it so ideologically loaded & in a very gender-biased way
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Its a risk for men to express their feelings in case they are perceived as weak or needy. Sorry if I'm stating the obvious.
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Less attractive to women & more likely to be bullied by other men, yes. I'm sure this predates our humanity.
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But if we're going to argue that this needs to be overcome, at least do so consistently.
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