I’ll take a break from writing about art and deal with something that seems to crop up at least once per year: Men crying in public.Thanks for reading David’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. In this case, the instigator is a woman complaining about a man crying on his wedding day:
I agree. I try to think of an example of a man crying in public that people found acceptable and the only example I can think of is Michael Jordan crying after winning the 1996 NBA Finals, the first after his father's death and during Father's Day to boot.
Given the situation, Jordan basically had a "get out of jail free" card in terms of crying. Not to mention that he already had a reputation for being a really tough leader and competitor.
Interestingly, women don't gain anything but sympathy at best for public crying either. There's a certain respect for masculine strength and leadership that isn't generally given to women at all, unless it's despite their femininity. Women don't have anything to lose by crying, because that kind of respect wasn't there in the first place.
I agree. I try to think of an example of a man crying in public that people found acceptable and the only example I can think of is Michael Jordan crying after winning the 1996 NBA Finals, the first after his father's death and during Father's Day to boot.
Given the situation, Jordan basically had a "get out of jail free" card in terms of crying. Not to mention that he already had a reputation for being a really tough leader and competitor.
Interestingly, women don't gain anything but sympathy at best for public crying either. There's a certain respect for masculine strength and leadership that isn't generally given to women at all, unless it's despite their femininity. Women don't have anything to lose by crying, because that kind of respect wasn't there in the first place.