Men and Crying

Day 10 - Genesis 42-43


Genesis 43:30 “Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.”

So Joseph wept.  A man…wept!  Why is it today so many feel that a man is not a man if he shows such emotion?  Now in this verse Joseph left the room, but it was more because his brothers didn’t know it was him, than because he was embarrassed.  So why was it okay for a man to show emotion and cry way back when, but today men are practically shunned if they cry.  What happened over the years?  When was the first man made to feel less of a man because he shed a tear?  As a woman, I do not understand this.  First, we women cry because of a Hallmark commercial, but that aside most women I know prefer a man unafraid to show emotion then a man who hides it all away.  Why do men say to their sons “be a man, stop crying” when they are boys and they are hurting (physically or emotionally).  I challenge any man reading this to embrace your emotions.  Don’t feel less of a man because of your emotions.  Tears do not make you less of a man; they make you a stronger man.