men's faces looking sad, afraid, angry, or disgusted

nanc's husband when he hits the snooze button and looks over at the other bed.

Daily.

#1 | Posted by jerrytarkanian

That is just wrong.

But I am sure it is the same look that your mom has when she wakes you up.

Hey -- wrong headline! The whole point was that people MISTAKENLY describe women as more emotional than men:

..they offered starkly different explanations for the emotions: that women in the photos felt sad, angry or afraid because they were "emotional," but the pictured men felt those emotions because they were "having a bad day"even when the expressions and their explanation was [sic] identical.

The popular press, as well as the scientific literature, is full of claims that women are the more emotional sex. ... a healthy chunk of the electorate believes that women are too emotional to hold high office. No wonder, as Barrett and Bliss-Moreau write, "women continue to be under-represented in positions of economic and political power that require a level head and a steady hand. Jobs that require rational decision-making and high levels of performance in demanding circumstances would presumably be unsuitable for those who cannot keep their head under pressure."

Yet the empirical evidence for the belief that women are more emotional is skimpy. When people are asked which sex expresses emotions more, the majority choose women. But when the movement of facial muscles is measured by an electromyograph, some studies find no sex difference. That was an early clue that differences in emotional expression might be in the eye of the beholder: when a woman does it, it's considered emotional; when a man makes the exact same expression, it's not.

So instead of accurately describing the study, your headline perpetuates the the myth it debunks.

#3 | Posted by Phoenix at 2009-07-02 09:23 PM

Probably because he wrote the headline when he was in a highly emotional mood.

Hmm tell that to my wife. She gets made because she says I don't have any emotions.

Guys do tend to try and hide their emotions but of course we still have them.

Did the tax payers pay to find this out?

made = mad

But I am sure it is the same look that your mom has when she wakes you up.

#2 | Posted by chickenrancher at 2009-07-02 09:04 PM

Wouldn't know.

You see, unlike you I still don't reside in mommy's basement.

what does Larry Mohr have?

"what does Larry Mohr have?"

Posted by AuntieSocial at 2009-07-03 11:51 AM

I don't know, but I bet it ain't pretty.

"what does Larry Mohr have?"

Anencephaly

She gets made because she says I don't have any emotions.

I have the same problem. One ex explained that he did the series of crazy-making things he did right before we broke up because he had never seen me lose my temper, and it bugged him.

Guys do tend to try and hide their emotions but of course we still have them. -- #5 | Posted by TaoWarrior

I'm the same way, and I'm not a guy. (I like to think I try to handle my feeling constructively, though, not hide them. But who knows.)

Hmm tell that to my wife. She gets mad because she says I don't have any emotions.

You men ought to try expressing your emotions more. Seriously. You would probably live longer and have less heart attacks than if you keep all your feelings bottled up all the time just to look "macho."

Part of this is society's fault as men who do show their feelings are looked upon as weak and/or less unmasculine. It's also hard on the woman in the relationship because she has to spend the whole time "guessing" what the guy might be feeling when just a couple of kind or loving words once in awhile would go a long way.

If men shared, and were more open about, their fears and worries -- or even their times of happiness -- instead of trying to keep them hidden all the time under a non-emotional exterior, we all would be better off.

"unmasculine" = "masculine"

what does Larry Mohr have?

#8 | Posted by AuntieSocial at 2009-07-03 11:51

I don't know what he has, but I'd like to know WHERE he is. Haven't seen Larry on here in awhile now.

Larry? You out there in cyberspace? Come on back!

I have the same problem. One ex explained that he did the series of crazy-making things he did right before we broke up because he had never seen me lose my temper, and it bugged him.

LOL. Same here. Only not an ex. She did te same thing -- tried to piss me off and make me lose my temper, but I never did. It drove her nuts.

It's communication, Chris. That's the key.

LOL. Same here. Only not an ex. She did te same thing -- tried to piss me off and make me lose my temper, but I never did. It drove her nuts.

Posted by goatman at 2009-07-03 12:14 PM

I KNOW I could make you lose it. LOL

have the same problem. One ex explained that he did the series of crazy-making things he did right before we broke up because he had never seen me lose my temper, and it bugged him.

LOL. Same here. Only not an ex. She did te same thing -- tried to piss me off and make me lose my temper, but I never did. It drove her nuts.

#15 | Posted by goatman at 2009-07-03 12:14 PM | Reply | Flag: Time to change the channel.

..tried to piss me off and make me lose my temper, but I never did. -- #15 | Posted by goatman

My ex succeeded, but it took a remarkably clever, sustained effort on his part. The funny thing is that a few months after I ended the relationship, I realized that it wasn't so much because I was angry with him, but more because I was so ashamed of losing it. Pretty silly.

Time to change the channel.

I keep chaning it, but I keep getting The Itxy Bitsy how. I'm tired watching losers

I'm tired watching losers

#20 | Posted by goatman at 2009-07-03 12:31 PM |

I'm sure that's what she said.

Change the Channel.

"You men ought to try expressing your emotions more."

LOL... you really don't want that, because then you'd be unable to deny that making decisions based on your emotions is batshit crazy.

I've got a story about how I wound up in marriage counseling my first year of marriage and how my wife had no idea how in touch with my feelings I truly was until we started talking in front on a psychologist. But its a long one. Definitely put my wife on notice though.

I don't intentionaly hide my feelings. I try but it does not come naturaly to me so it is hard. I think that it's not so much that men don't want to show their emotions we have simply been raised not to. My dad was never very demonstrative and as a result neither am I. I think I can count on one hand the number of times we said "I love you" to each other. I am trying to do better by my son but when it is not your natural reaction I'm afraid I'm not doing much better than my father did with me.

"I'm afraid I'm not doing much better than my father did with me."

Its like a muscle, TAO. The more you use it, the easier it is to use and get good results.

Don't give up. Your boy needs it.

Change the Channel.

I did. I'm now watching the Itsy Bitsy show. It's about a loser of a blogger who used to call himself 'itsme' but cowardly changed to jerrytarkanian after being banned. He came back because he has no social life in the sad hollow life of his. This pathetic little man makes vain attempts to boost his own ego by throwing lame insults at people who really don't care.

The channel is sponsored by Paxil and Kotex maxi pads.

I don't intentionaly hide my feelings. I try but it does not come naturaly to me so it is hard.

I think that it's not so much that men don't want to show their emotions we have simply been raised not to. My dad was never very demonstrative and as a result neither am I. I think I can count on one hand the number of times we said "I love you" to each other. I am trying to do better by my son but when it is not your natural reaction I'm afraid I'm not doing much better than my father did with me.

#23 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2009-07-03 12:39 PM

It's not easy to change how you were brought up to act and/or how you're conditioned to be by society. You're right, TaoWarrior, it's "how most men were raised." But we all have the same feelings inside, both men and women. It's just harder for some more than others to verbalize them.

Change the Channel.

I've been watching the Goatman show. It's about a loser of a blogger who used to be married, his wife passed, he whined like a bitch with thin skin but cowardly back to Drudge. He came back because he has no social life in the sad hollow life of his. This pathetic little man makes vain attempts to boost his own ego by throwing lame insults at people who really don't care.

The channel is sponsored by Paxil and Kotex maxi pads.

#25 | Posted by goatman at 2009-07-03 02:19 PM |

Accuracy is everything.

So was this a bad day for Palin or is she just emotional?

If men shared, and were more open about, their fears and worries -- or even their times of happiness -- instead of trying to keep them hidden all the time under a non-emotional exterior, we all would be better off.

#12 | Posted by CalifChris at 2009-07-03 12:10 PM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose) Pie-in-the-sky Fantasist

You're right, Gimme.

I'm finding out more and more how "pie in the sky fantasist" and "reality" do not mix well together.

No need to become a pie eater Chris the romantic roadkill dinner offer is still available

Chris the romantic roadkill dinner offer is still available -- #31 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch

And you think Chris is a pie-in-the-sky fantasist?!