Why do we cry? We women cry for the finest of things sometimes (or is it most of the time? laughs)…is it for reasons both biological and social, scientists and sociologists say, women are more inclined than men to feel the urge to cry for delicate or impervious matters!!? Something to think about?
Scientists do not know exactly why women tend to cry more easily, but several factors may be at work. One is the hormone prolactin, which is present in mammary glands and induces lactation but is also found in the blood and in tear glands. Boys and girls have about equal levels of prolactin levels in their blood during childhood. But from ages of 12 to 18, the levels in girls gradually rise, and that may have something to do with why women cry more than men.
Tear glands in men and women also differ anatomically, and that, too, may lead women to cry more easily.
So when a man cries, it leads people to think he's a sweet, sensitive, caring individual…but when a woman cries, she is often seen as "emotionally labile." I hear women being called crybaby all the time, even by other women…the judgment can be unfair because sometimes women cry for good reasons. At least i do...(movies don't count ok!)
It’s unfair that men are always allowed to be more direct like for example pounding tabletops and yelling and throwing something against walls and do various kinds of physical acting out. But sadly we women's mode of expression is supposed to be more passive, more childlike. Maybe if women could act out like men, there would probably be less tears?
Do we women need to be vigilant, to hold it in? Pondering continues....
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