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People who identify as male/masculine, do you feel comfortable expressing your emotions/feelings to people irl? Do people who identify as female/feminine feel more comfortable espressing feelings? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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As a guy, I never really felt comfortable saying those things to anyone irl.

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago*

So as someone who identifies as male, I don’t have these stupid hang ups about expressing emotions. I’m perfectly fine, letting people know how I feel. I try to respect, social decorum and to be polite, but I don’t hold back my emotions because of my gender expression.

FWIW, I’ve met plenty of women who are ice cold, and hold back their emotions, seeing them as some kind of weakness. I think that’s absurd.

Emotional repression is one of the quickest roads to emotional dysfunction.

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