not literally punished, but socially responded to negatively. I’ve been lucky that I haven’t experienced it much (and even then, I still struggle to open up), but it’s a very real thing. For men, one umbrella term that includes this concept is “toxic masculinity”
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months agoI do not have the experience of being punished for opening up. Who has punished you for it?
iiGxC@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, I guess all I can say is I’ve been lucky too. I’ve just never noticed any serious repercussions for showing my emotions. All I can think is that, since I was a pretty unpopular kid growing up, I gave so little of a shit about what the sort of people who would think negatively of me opening up emotionally would think about me that I just didn’t notice it even though it was happening. It would have just been one more dickhead move to ignore.
irmoz@reddthat.com 6 months ago
You’re starting to sound hostile towards people who suffered
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, I just don’t understand it.
irmoz@reddthat.com 6 months ago
The vibe you’re giving is "I didn’t experience that, so you must be confused.’
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Okay? But I literally said the opposite of that?