Some researchers have observed that boys and men police each other’s emotional expression in many areas of life. This policing is evident in phrases like, “Be a man,” or, “Man up.” Analyze the effects of such phrases on male emotional expression.
What will be an ideal response?
Policing behaviors that enforce stereotypical views of male emotional expressiveness likely impact men’s ability to express their emotions. They can lead to the results of research discussed in the text, such as the finding that men are less likely to provide emotional support to people in distress, because it is seen as unmanly. The idea that men become more emotionally expressive as their age likely reflects the waning influence of peer pressure on their emotional self-concepts.
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