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It's orchestrated and edited for drama.
I think a lot of people would feel emotional, particularly in the later stages. Not sure how crying and gender is connected though? |
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Then you seriously need to grow up and educate yourself old of the dark ages where Prince Charming comes and rescues the weak silly little female.
You'd prefer a bloke that shows you no emotion and uses you as a doormat then? |
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Then you seriously need to grow up and educate yourself old of the dark ages where Prince Charming comes and rescues the weak silly little female.
You'd prefer a bloke that shows you no emotion and uses you as a doormat then? Strong and rough is what I find appealing.
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I don't actually mind seeing men/boys sheading couple of tears...however Giles blubbering like a 4 year old was embarrasing
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Then you seriously need to grow up and educate yourself old of the dark ages where Prince Charming comes and rescues the weak silly little female.
You'd prefer a bloke that shows you no emotion and uses you as a doormat then? |
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I didnt know there was a rule about guys crying.
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Whether they're male or female, I want to see them put the emotion into their performance, and I'm not interested in seeing them crying afterwards. Pointless.
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A man can be sensitive and caring but still be manly and strong as well without any need for waterworks.
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A man can be sensitive and caring but still be manly and strong as well without any need for waterworks.
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Well obviously, these particular individuals felt like crying.
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It's a silly thing to cry over either for either gender.
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Very disappointed with this sort of attitude. I thought this is the 21st century? Men have just as much right as women do to express their emotions.
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Very disappointed with this sort of attitude. I thought this is the 21st century? Men have just as much right as women do to express their emotions.
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I was just about to post the very same thread. All this sobbing and wailing is just embarrassing.
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Yes, but I think it's because it has become fashionable for young men to cry on TV. Not sure how this has come about but it is unwelcome....nobody wants to see repressed emotions but males sobbing their eyes out over something as trivial as a reality TV show is unmanly behaviour.
I still don't have a problem with men crying though. Men who cry have less strokes
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It was that they all burst into tears after their performances except Paul, before they even went to see Louis.
Seriously guys.... that was pathetic. |
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Very disappointed with this sort of attitude. I thought this is the 21st century? Men have just as much right as women do to express their emotions.
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Well, ignoring the unmanly comment (LOL), the X Factor has been increasingly going for sob stories and drama in recent years.
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Unmanly is exactly the right word. I don't know when it became fashionable for men to sob their eyes out at the drop of a hat, but it's far from alpha male behaviour (and is sending out all the wrong signals to the next generation of boys coming up). By all means men should be open about discussing their emotions, but the blubbering and behaving like a wimp is nothing to be admired.
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A man can be sensitive and caring but still be manly and strong as well without any need for waterworks.
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ah but would you use the word wimp to describe a crying female? Or do you like the damsel in distress who manipulates men to feel sorry for her
I'm not sure how or why this blurring of the sexes has taken place, but it's bad news for men in particular and is not doing them any favours. |
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So at what age should mothers tell their sons to stop crying and man up ?
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Unmanly is exactly the right word. I don't know when it became fashionable for men to sob their eyes out at the drop of a hat, but it's far from alpha male behaviour (and is sending out all the wrong signals to next generation of boys coming up). By all means men should be open about discussing their emotions, but the blubbering and behaving like a wimp is nothing to be admired.
If men all behaved in the way that you appear to desire, there would be wars all the time! Oh wait a second....! |
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Let's not be naive; the show drinks these tears like the elixir of life. It needs these contestants to feel they have nothing other than the show. "Make or break" as Zoe said. They want the audience's hearts to break at the same moment as the contestants'. That's why the crying doesn't really come across as very genuine in this context, from any of them, because we see it so often along with the usual cliches.
When it comes to men crying in general, it's a fairly ridiculous taboo. It's dangerous to send the signal that there's only one correct way for anyone to behave. |
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The whole bunch of them needed a mega size snickers bar !. I swear if they ball their eyes out like that in the lives along with Hannah B, I sure as hell hope that the studio is waterproof & that the wiring is well covered.
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