[Pontiac]

Those guidelines suggest that "40 years of research" show that "traditional masculinity is psychologically harmful and that socializing boys to suppress their emotions causes damage that echoes both inwardly and outwardly." The APA explains that "traditional masculinity -- marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression -- is, on the whole, harmful. Men socialized in this way are less likely to engage in healthy behaviors."

These people are idiots.

Anyone who has ever know a man who does not suppress his emotions will tell you that it is not a good idea.

Men who do not suppress their emotions are vicious brutes who beat up women and children. Death by blunt force trauma is often the final outcome of living with a man that does not suppress his emotions.

[IrishBrigade]

‘Men who do not suppress their emotions are vicious brutes’

kinda like Clemson the other night...

[HangnJudge]

...Men who do not suppress their emotions are vicious brutes who beat up women and children

Any male worth a damn has learned to command his emotions
The process is called adolescence.
About 1/2 of the posters on this site know exactly what This means

Women, best I can tell, do not go through this process to the same degree
As they are not physically dangerous to the male, without an equalizer

My Great Aunt, who was a expert on family violence in her time
However told me ~60% of family violence is initiated by the woman
They are just not physically dangerous about it (usually)

[sparklite2]

Men who do not suppress their emotions are vicious brutes who beat up women and children.

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My gawd. Overdosing on Star Trek is painful to watch. I refer, of course. to Mr Spock’s race, the Vulcans who could not abide an unsuppressed emotion. I know this because I am a Vulcanologist.