The difference is, none of those women were his significant other. They weren't going to lose attraction for him in any way. Once you go vulnerable in a relationship it is very likely she will look at that weakness and lose some attraction, or even twist the situation into something it isn't and make it into an argument. Guys know this.
It is more often than not that women will shame us for being vulnerable, my mother did it and my sister did it. Ironically it was my guy friends who supported me
Women support men being vulnerable and showing emotions.........but not THEIR man!
Almost every woman who has used my emotions against me claimed to value vulnerability first. There's a huge difference between knowing the social script and actually following through in practice
Been watching your videos for a long time, thank you for everything Emily. This is actually the first time I have disagreed with something you’ve said, respectfully. My friends have always been very supportive of me when I need them and I of them. When girlfriends have asked for vulnerability it has been used against me and lead to their loss of attraction towards me. Having learned from my mistakes I am very careful now.
I disagree with women being supportive and men holding the blame. (For men showing emotions) Women SAY that it's okay, but when they see it in their own man, it's a very different story.
The clock started ticking when he cried in front if his girlfriend. Itll be over soon and those men will be proven right
A man can show love, happiness or anger to his woman without too much worry. If he shows pain, vulnerability or weakness 9 times out of 10 it will be used against him. I've had many girlfriends and been married twice over the last 45 years. Only my late 2nd wife didn't weaponize my humanity against me, that's why she and I stayed together for over 20 years before she died.
My stepmom shamed me when I opened up about being bullied as a teenager. Not all women deserve to be opened up to
I have never had a woman in my life who didn’t make me regret being open and vulnerable with. I have a few good male friends in life who I know will never look down on me, think less of me or use something I say against me. Women will do all these things. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but someday. The moment you are vulnerable with a woman, they lose respect for you. Don’t believe them when they say they won’t.
I can only speak from my experience. It's not necessarily men shaming others for being vulnerable, but rather men being uncomfortable with vulnerability. What I have seen is women viewing a vulnerable man as lesser value, especially in a relationship. They may not always verbalize disgust, but their attitude towards that man does change. Also, social media may not be the best source for general societal behavior. How one interacts online differs, to certain degrees, how they function in reality. Love your shorts, and everyone's free to have a difference in opinion 👍🏽
There's a big difference between public and private empathy. Many women will act all supportive in public when others are watching but act very differently in private. Same way men will act all hard and strong when others are watching and be much more sensitive and vulnerable in private.
As someone who was in the army for 9yrs showing any kind of soft ass emotions was a no go. Any kind of weakness at least for my unit was look down on like say you can’t do PT because you got a profile for whatever they would make you feel inferior because you didn’t soldier up and clean the sand out your vagina, drink water and ignored what ever was hurting you and for me when I got out it took years for me to understand that it’s ok to show them emotions, it’s ok for me not to show what they called soft ass emotions and even though I understand that I still struggle sometimes because it’s so ingrained in me.
I’ve never had male friends who were toxic, maybe because I’m an introvert. But I can quote chapter and verse the number of times women punished me when I showed any vulnerability. Fortunately they’re all long in the past now.
Emily, It may not be a case of the men criticising him for being vulnerable, it may be a case of the other men criticising him sharing that vulnerability with his wife, the reason being is because the vast majority of the time doing so the woman will weaponise it later on, and/or lose attraction to her husband or partner for doing so. I've experienced this first hand and seen it multiple times, the last time was with an online content creator and his wife, a reaction channel on here, he was vulnerable and moved to slight tears and within weeks they went their separate ways, she left their channel which they presented together and started a solo channel, and changed her look to appear more attractive, dressed differently, wore more makeup etc.
If women’s words consistently matched their actions, men would be far less confused—and that’s pretty much the core of the red pill / Manosphere perspective. It's the disconnect between what women say and how they actually behave that drives much of the frustration.
As a man, I would not show my vulnerability to a woman. I would show it to my close family or to another men close friends.
Women will be ok with a man showing emotion if it is not her man.Be careful on making snap judgments on one instance.
Most of the negative reactions to emotions for me have come from women and most support from men. Men often want to ease the burden on others not cause them.
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