Toxic masculinity teaches men that emotions are feminine, so to preserve our identity as men we are conditioned to suppress, hide, or find ways to describe our emotions as something other than what they are. That’s why men like Zerush think women are more emotional when the reality is that there is a difference in how men and women describe, express, and act on their emotions due to cultural conditioning. Hormones determine when and to what degree certain emotions are felt, but not what kind of emotions are felt or how they are expressed. That is determined by cultural conditioning and individual personality.
I’m aware. I just disagree with using the word “emotional” to describe how women are different from men, because that is not accurate.
Toxic masculinity teaches men that emotions are feminine, so to preserve our identity as men we are conditioned to suppress, hide, or find ways to describe our emotions as something other than what they are. That’s why men like Zerush think women are more emotional when the reality is that there is a difference in how men and women describe, express, and act on their emotions due to cultural conditioning. Hormones determine when and to what degree certain emotions are felt, but not what kind of emotions are felt or how they are expressed. That is determined by cultural conditioning and individual personality.