21 People Are Sharing The Dumbest Things They’ve Been Told That “Real Men” Don’t Do, And The Toxic Masculinity Is Palpable

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“Real men don’t cry”.

“My significant other lost his childhood friend a few months ago. I can still see that six-foot-tall guy standing in the door, shaking with quivering lips and fighting back his tears because ‘Men don’t cry and have to be strong.’

I told him, ‘Not for me, honey. You’re my partner. You’re allowed to be sad, disheartened, and to show weakness. I’ll never think less of you because you grieve the loss of someone you loved.'”

—u/Life_Doubt4829