I have always been a very reserved person about my emotions to the point that people i have dated often say i am difficult to figure out. Personally i do feel society in general frowns upon men showing their emotions to the point it puts you in a disadvantage; If you show too much vulnerability it is often taken as weakness and if you show anger you might get labeled as an "angry man." In this sense my strategy has always been of diffusing situations and disengagement. I also feel that it is my nature to be reserved. Ever since i was a kid i preferred to listen before talking, and i have never been a particularly explosive or extroverted person.