So, my dad was watching a Filipino game show called Wowowee--this crazy-popular show in the Philippines and if you Wikipedia it, you can learn all about it. The host almost always ask the contestants to tell their life's story because almost all their contestants are people from very low economic backgrounds. I feel that the show exploits poor people and I absolutely hate watching it but I'm not going to get into that... Anyway, one of the male contestants was telling his life's story and he was crying--literally tears falling down his cheeks--and this wasn't some young kid but probably around his early 30s. Crying is not some unusual in the show, practically all the contestants cry and even the audience cry sometimes because the stories people tell were so sad--the only ones who don't cry are the hosts (I feel like they're actually secretly laughing at the people sometimes but that's just me).
Okay, so this post is about men (NOT women) crying and rarely do I see that in US television. Not many men cry in US television shows (whether on talkshows, gameshows, etc.) or in movies--unless they are trying to be funny and are crying crocodile tears. Compared to Asian television, like in Korean dramas, where men cry all the time...
Just an observation. But why is that? Are Asian men more sensitive? Is crying only for the weak and unmanly? Do you think it's weak and unmanly for a man to cry?
3 comments:
I never noticed that about Koren men, I have seen it in with some Asian coultures. Guys growing up in America are scared to be weak, and see sad emotions (crying, depression, weary) as being for ladies only. I like it when men are strong enough to show me their weak side, so very attractive.
I wish American guys would cry more and be aggressive less.
Found you through 20sb. You make a good point. I think that crying is seen as a weakness for Americans, if it's overdone. But I do find that the few times you see a man crying in a show or movie, it is that much more powerful. You may only see a tear or two, but you really feel it.
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