2007-10-24 15:15:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Maybe if he did, the platoon would be able to see a side of him that they could more deeply connect with...they'd see the human side of him, not just the robotic person that the military tells him he should be. (And I suppose it would depend on the reason he is crying...if he's crying because his shoelaces came untied then no...perhaps his tears would not be something people could connect with.) If he's crying (for example) because one of their own was lost in combat, then yeah...showing emotion is and would be completely appropriate, and I think his platoon would respect him all the more for it.
EDIT: When the Queen and Prince Charles refused to show emotion (grief) publicly, over Princess Diana's death, they lost quite a bit of respect from many people..not only their own people, but people all over the world.
2007-10-24 15:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. He shouldn't. If you're in a war situation, the men need to know that their LT is in control, and can handle things, and lead them. So what if he can cry? Is he gunna know what to do what the shells start flying? Is he going to panic? Will he get me through this? Am I gunna die because he doesn't know what he's doing?
2007-10-28 11:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by A derka der 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; meaning that it's not necessary. Listen your a man, a man can never do women things and be totally okay with it. They're just not made that way. Let the crying and the touching of feelings be the job for us, yet at the same time you as a man must show compassion and understanding; only to your limits not ours.
2007-10-24 15:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. There is a danger of being too honest. People look up to authority figures, especially in stressful circumstances, for guidance and strength. Crying would be interpreted as weakness or indecisiveness.
2007-10-25 03:46:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
if you want to cry, go for it,
the LT should not cry in front of his platoon, leadership is built on trust, not weakness
If I saw an officer cowering or crying, i'd lose all respect,
the military is a force to inflict harm on them that need it, Mercy to those who deserve it, and it is not a social club or place for weak people, we are about protecting citizens often too complacent to know why we are protecting them.
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2007-10-24 15:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by magnetic_azimuth 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well using the female model for sharing feelings as the "correct" way is a slap in the face to men.
If men don't share their feelings with the same frequency or the same way that women do, it isn't because men are "wrong."
Men just aren't wired that way. Our hormones & brain wiring let us handle our emotions in a different way than women.
Masculinity isn't "defective" femininity. It's time our society realizes that.
2007-10-24 15:32:52 · answer #6 · answered by hopscotch 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your therapist may tell you anything, but many men do not feel deeply enough to cry over many things. Something women have a hard time understanding.
2007-10-24 16:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I agree with TERA. The platoon needs to be more emotionally honest with itself, and it has to start somewhere.
2007-10-24 15:27:33 · answer #8 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What makes your role of power greater than that of Christ's? Maybe you don't know this, maybe you don't believe it. But Christ is believed by many to by the Son of God. What greater power can there be than that? And yet He gave the example of weeping (the dredging of one's soul) before not only those who loved Him, but those who despised Him as well. And you're a lieutenant of whose army greater than God's?
Shingoshi Dao
2007-10-24 17:47:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋