Turning on the Tears: Should Men Cry?

ABC News ^ | 4 March 2009 | ANDREA CANNING and LEE FERRAN

[AreaMan]

Turning on the Tears: Should Men Cry?

Controversial 'Bachelor' Sparks Debate on Men Tearing Up

By ANDREA CANNING and LEE FERRAN

March 4, 2009 —

The final tear-soaked episode of "The Bachelor" was remarkable for the star's dumping the winning bachelorette for the runner-up, but what really has people talking is the endless waterworks -- and the tears didn't come from the women.

Jason Mesnick is likely the weepiest bachelor ever. He sloshed through the final episode, tearing up at least a dozen times, raising the question: When is it OK for men to cry?

Mesnick's crying has endeared him to some viewers but painted him as a target of insult for others.

"I thought it was sweet to see a guy cry for a change and any girl would be lucky to have him," one "Good Morning America" viewer commented at ABCNews.com.

"I like a sensitive guy as much as the next woman, but unless someone just died or you have just cut off one of your limbs, cut out the waterworks," another wrote.

"GMA" went to a U.S. military base to ask the most macho of men what they thought about turning on the tears. Even there, the reaction was mixed.

"I totally think it's OK for a man to cry and I think there's times when it's totally warranted," said Marine Maj. Tony Bancroft.

U.S. Navy Lt. Jim Tomaszeski disagreed. "I don't cry at all and it's not really on purpose. I just find other more constructive things to do," he said.

[AreaMan]

I was watching "Phantasm 2" and in one scene a Hemi-Cuda was flipped and burned. I cried

[Tax-chick]

LOL!

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I cried at the end of “Babe.” I was sad that the pig never became bacon.

[Izzy Dunne]

And that scene in “the Dirty Dozen” where Jim Brown went tossing the grenades down the vent pipes, and then got blown up...

[BipolarBob]

I cried at the end of Titanic when she threw the emerald back into the ocean.

[Influence]

I cried when I broke my leg, but I think guys shouldn’t cry to often, to me as a male its just offensive.

[uglybiker]

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

When the immaculate ‘66 T-bird went flying into the canyon in “Thelma and Louise”; men everywhere welled up. (The women who dragged them to the theatre probably thought they were being “sensitive”.)

[Andonius_99]

...or that scene in the new Rambo movie where the pederast Burmese general get’s his entrails spilled - *sniff* I love a happy ending!

[ArrogantBustard]

????

It's only Grolsch ...

Of course, it's a lot of Grolsch, so maybe it's a bit sad ...

[edpc]

Only if they're Alan Alda or that doctor guy from Lost.

[FixitGuy]

The sad state of our “government” should be sufficient to make ALL men cry!

[vbmoneyspender]

I cried when Bluto cried when the movers dropped the bottles of alcohol in Animal House.

[Scythian]

I cried when the Fonz broke up with Pinky Tuscadero, and to this very day I am haunted by it, and often break down at the slightest glimpse of a Hallmark card. /sarcasm

[TADSLOS]

[reagan_fanatic]

I cried most of the way through the Terminator.

[aureliusss]

Men should never cry except at funerals, weddings (if they are giving their daughter away ect.), after a sports figure retires, or at the end of a war movie, or other manly movie where a main character dies.

[Rastus]

No tears for Reggie’s ice cream truck? Boyyyyyyyy!

[absolootezer0]

It is ok for a man to cry under the following circumstances:
a. When a heroic dog dies to save his master
b. The moment Megan Fox starts unbuttoning her blouse
c. After wrecking your boss’ car
d. One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into “The Crying Game”
e. When his date is using her teeth

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