Yes, women cry out due to a million different emotions, but mainly out of anger and frustration and yes, as a covert call for help – mainly from males. Yes, crying is the default position for even the most capable, strong and “independent women because attractive and reproductive age women have never had to “fight with their backs to the wall” – simply being vulnerable and helpless might evoke protective instincts in men, even enemy men – enough to assure survival for another day at least. If it doesn’t work, hey it was worth a shot. Older and less attractive women would have had, all their lives, to “fight their way out of their predicament” the same way men have always had to. Keep doing this and eventually her testosterone levels go up – which helps I suppose.

Men DO get help and support (usually other men)- but they tend not to cry to obtain help. Maybe out of intense and excruciating pain – lying with their bodies blown apart on the battlefields – any kind of practical help would be useless then, only comfort from another human in their last painful moments. I don’t know what kind of woman would feel contempt under these circumstances – ones who are not human I suppose.

When men cry due to devastating loss, they are NOT asking for comfort or help,though they may appreciate any comfort offered from those closest to them. For them I think the tears represent unfinished business. The shock of the loss and the unpreparedness for it. The processing of these emotions in order to settle whatever outstanding issues created by the loss. I don’t think men would cry about the loss of their loved ones if they knew in advance it was going to happen and could prepare for it emotionally or otherwise.

Finally a related issue to this is the issue of prayer. Men almost never pray because the only power they believe in is the power within themselves, and invested in their own strengths and bodies. If they pray, it is pretty much to summon their own strength, pretty much like crying I suppose.

Ever notice that in a street fight, some of the surrounding women start crying? It’s a deeply biological innate reaction to attempt to stop the fight. I’m not aware of any similar response when women fight.

LOL. Figuring out how to deal with sticky situations equals crying about it.

C’mon you’re that paki lady right?

This is exactly my point, you teach the kid not to cry. You solve the problem and stop moaning on a message board about how Feminism has you by the balls.

Help me understand how all these comments are any different than a woman crying.