How are women emotionally stronger?

Question

Since they are a lot more emotional than men and will let emotions take over where men will control their emotions and not let them effect them too much.

I see a lot of women who cry for no reason, one time one of my friends (who is a girl) was crying at school because her boyfriend's car wouldn't start and she couldn't see him. This woman in particular seems to be oversensitive but on the all don't women cry too much? and let their emotions control them?

What are your opinions?

Chelsey obviously after 3 month you get over it. Especially if you cry all the time. You get over it after 3 month I get over it in 3 days.

Fab... I have no idea what you're going on about.

waswizgirl this is just one example can't you read? Do you want me to give you more, maybe 10 more? I know because I'm a guy myself and I know lots of guys who bad stuff happened to.

Answer 1

More emotionally responsive is more like it, as a few posters replied. Basically, they are probably on the money; it is the GENERAL experience that women cry, pout, AND smile/laugh more often than men. I'm not so certain that they necessarily let emotions CONTROL them; that's more the hallmark of a younger and more selfish woman. It actually makes perfect sense to be "oversensitive"; if people are going to pay attention to you and help you out, and if you actually ARE feeling pretty bad about the situation, why not achieve the best of both worlds? You cry and let off some tension, plus you get the benefits of compassion.

Sounds like a pretty good system, but it doesn't signify greater emotional strength; just emotional responsiveness.

Answer 2

Based on an example of one girl, you state that women are a lot more emotional than men. So in one instance, a girl is emotional. From that you conclude women are more emotional than men? In my opinion, that's not a logical conclusion. Some facts would come in handy. Therefore, your other questions are based on pure conjecture.

You're also making an assumption, that if men don't show their emotions that they have control of their emotions and therefore don't let their emotions effect them too much. How do you know if instead of controlling how they feel, some of these men are only hiding their agony; that these men actually have no control over their feelings and are actually quietly going insane?

Answer 3

This is a common misconception. It goes back to dualism and the fact that if men are logical women must be emotional. There is no evidence to base any of these facts upon. Women are encouraged to be emotional and socialized from a young age to be able to cry or be sad. Boys are discouraged from crying and told, "boys don't cry" , "get over it", and often punished if acting in a way that parents feel is inappropriate. Tanks think back at when you were growing up and I am sure you will remember the coach or the teacher that made a scene if any guy got teary eyed.

Answer 4

Well I agree with you and yes I'm a girl but after me and my ex boyfriend broke up it 3 days before we were suppose to get engaged I think I cried for 3 months straight and I broke up with him but I think we are sensitive because we become attached to quickly but eventually we learn you can love slow and get over fast with anything including family its hard i know but life goes on same thing when my brother passed away I cried and cried but eventually i got over either way some things can be worse then the other but you have to take the good with the bad and the good with the bad !

Answer 5

Whether or not the people you have seen are justifed in feeling distressed enough to cry OPENLY - to be more demonstrative - is certainly NOT for YOU to decide.

Now that we have dealt with that, you seem to think that women are inherently more emotional than men. Looks like for MALES AGES 15-24 the REVERSE is TRUE. Please supply us with evidence. I will take this opportunity to furnish you with evidence that de-bunks the myth that females are more emotionally labile, and that this is innate:

"Between ages 15 and 24 years, men are four to five
times more likely to die than women. This time frame
coincides with the onset of puberty and an increase in
reckless and violent behavior in males. Researchers
refer to it as a "testosterone storm." Most deaths in
this male group come from motor vehicle accidents,
followed by homicide, suicide, cancer, and drownings.
After age 24, the difference between male and female
mortality narrows until late middle age."

That's why these guys get to pay more for car insurance: they CAUSE the accidents in the first place!

Answer 6

Females, by nature are not emtionally stronger. Only mature women. When we are immature, we pout, we whine, we nag, we b*tch and so forth when we don't get out way. But as we mature, we learn these behaviours get us nothing but heartbreak, and learn to control it.

As for men, yes, they have emtions, contrary to popular belief, but since they are more logical creatures, they really don't let their emotions take over thier actions.

I might have missed the point, but that was my two cents.,.

Answer 7

i don't know that women are "emotionally stronger" but i think we may have stronger emotions.
i don't see what's wrong with showing/expressing emotion when appropriate.
personally, if i feel like crying i try to get away from people, i hate crying around others. and i don't allow my emotions to control me, they may influence my immediate choices (such as leaving a room or walking away) but they don't control my life.

Answer 8

No. Women are emotionally stronger than men because men are too afraid to let their emotions affect them and break down all the time. So actually the more a woman cries or breaks down in various ways the more proof that is that she is emotionally strong because she is not afraid to do it.

EDIT: Oh yeah and like ttpawpaw says you're sexist for saying men and women are different, not because you are repeating a difference feminists said to you to put women in a positive light over men, but because you are using that difference to put women in a negative light when we are equal but different.

Answer 9

Okay baba Yaga, you obviously don't remeber what high-school was like when you went to it. Women are more vindictive, and emotionally unstable, always requiring acceptance and reassurance.

I don't really see how being slightly more emotional than the other sex is undermining to the fact that men and women are equal.

Answer 10

Tanks, I'm sorry...don't take this the wrong way (or, on second thought, take it how you want to) but you are a kid in high school...you don't KNOW a lot of women to be able to make these statements, you know a lot of GIRLS, and they are a different animal all together. All of your observations are based on what you see young girls do, and kids (boys and girls) your age are experiencing extremes in hormone fluctuations, dealing with new peer pressures, AND their brains are not yet fully developed (the prefrontal cortex). Those hormones create all kinds of mood disturbances, and girls AND boys experience them. Boys are just more likely to experience bouts of irrational aggression and irritability, girls are more likely to experience bouts of irrational crying and depression. These are the facts...read up on it, and in the meantime, try to keep in mind that girls are human, just like you, they aren't perfect, but they also aren't from a different planet. They're more like you (in thoughts, fears, and hopes) than you can yet know.
With that said, it is more acceptable for women (socially) to show their emotions, especially crying. It's more acceptable for men to show aggression. Both express or "let out" their emotions, they just do it in different ways.