Comment on Why, as a male, when emotionally do I only feel accepted by women but not by men?
Saraphim@lemmy.world 9 months agoMen show emotions all the time. The problem is that the only “acceptable” emotion is anger or resentment. People if any gender validate other peoples feelings based on their own experiences. Because women’s emotions are invalidated as weak or useless, women tend to be more sympathetic to others who experience that same invalidation.
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
That’s my point: anger is an “acceptable” emotion for men, because it often coincides with the masculine concept of strength.
The “weak” emotions, though, are not acceptable.
Which is why OP feels they are more openly able to show these emotions to women but not men.