Jane Powell Quotes

In today's society, a lot of males think you have to be strong all the time, and you're not allowed to show weakness. That's just so false.

Growing up as a young man you're often told, 'You shouldn't cry,' and 'Emotions are weakness.' I think that's so damaging and I genuinely think that if we raised young boys better we wouldn't have such a need for feminism.

Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry.

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

There's this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn't have to be. It actually can be a very positive force.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.

Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.

It's a real bloke thing, not talking to people because it's not manly to get help.

You know, men are very tough and they don't want to ever say that they need a break or that they are in pain.

Tough guys have to be tough. But tough guys don't have to be guys.

I think that crying is a way women and men express frustration, anger, or passion. And we should not feel compelled to mute those emotions.

I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions.

Society says that men need to be bigger and stronger, and they must protect their women and so on.

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

Women may think men have it all, but only because we've been socialized to express the emotions that are tied to this reality differently, which is to say, men are not to express the emotions that are tied to it.

The real victims of men are other men.

I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.

I'm at the point, frankly, where I'd rather deal with a misogynist with a copy of Tucker Max's book in his backpack over someone in sensitive emo-boy clothing, because both are misogynists, only the one with the backpack is more honest about just how scared of women he is.

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.