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Boys Must Cry
By admin | November 23, 2008
I never agree with ‘boys don’t cry’. I don’t know why, actually, but I suggest that crying is a need for me. Although that I am a man, I use to cry when I face certain circumstances. I always feel that cry makes me better. All negative emotions will be erased after crying. I don’t feel that I am not a masculine just because I always cry at certain conditions.
Masculinity is defined as important measure to show a gender (male) superiority. This point of view is something that needs to be changed. Many studies show that crying is a normal activity of human being. Specification of gender shouldn’t limit someone to act humanly, therefore, crying.
Culture is having a great impact on how people discerning crying. For example, some communities state that crying is women’s activity. The others may conclude crying as a normal activity both for men and women. Concerning crying as a need of human, people should think about it. Some old-fashioned idiom or opinion must be removed from human’s daily life totally. Human must realize that life becomes more complex nowadays –so humanity should be consider in defining value or norm in a society.
Many findings show that crying should be put as a normal activity. For example, several doctors from Mumbai Hospital in India find that crying can make human release wastes from the eyes. This finding has successfully shows that Phil Donahue statement is right –people who never cry are like people who never laugh: there is something wrong with them.
So, revolution of cultures in every society should be done to accommodate crying as a normal activity. Babies are crying and adult also. Every society will always be changed. And now it is time to change people opinion about crying, in all over the world of course!
Topics: Family & Education >< Pendidikan & Keluarga, Social & History >< Sosial & Sejarah | 1 Comment »
January 7th, 2009 at 2:37 am
ah, dasar LEOnardo,,,sepertinya mudah sekali bagimu utk menitikkan air mata nya?
tapi teu nanaon ketang crying oge, meh syahdu pan.
hehe…
hanya saja, diriku mah aneh sendiri, meni asa hese mun mau nagis teh, naha nya?
kira2 kenapa ya?padahal, kelenjar air mata masih utuh,kalo diliat dr wajah kayaknya wajahku jg cukup melankolis, tapi…kalo nangis kok susah ya?