Are men more emotionally fragile than women?

Safinated · 2023-10-04T06:44:16+00:00

Women are permitted weakness/sadness. Men are permitted rage/selfishness

What we see is the result

TheAvocadoSlayer · 2023-10-03T21:36:12+00:00

Nah I think they're just as fragile, it's just probably about other things because men experience the world differently. I think they have every right to be upset and shouldn't be invalidated.

InjectAdrenochrome · 2023-10-03T21:13:31+00:00

Ok so I remember this thread from yesterday. Some guys are like the guys in your post, that is definitely true. But I know a lot of guys who have actual, horrible problems. They were a victim of CSA, they were beaten by their parents, they were neglected, or one or both of their parents cheated on the other, were addicted to substances, etc. Those guys usually use their dating issues as a stand in for their real problems. Some guys are just super spoiled, yes, that's true, but almost EVERY guy I know who was like the guys in your post, they had something else going on that was wrong.

And a lot of guys just don't show much emotion other than the normal ones like happiness, frustration, disappointment -- fleeting emotions that will be gone the next time you see them.

There are a lot of emotionally fragile people in general. I don't think men are really that much more fragile than women.

BusinessGarage2606 · 2023-10-04T03:37:28+00:00

I’ve never had a man breakdown crying at work, I’ve had multiple women at every job I’ve done do so.

Maybe when they break, they breaker harder?

10throwawayantsy · 2023-10-04T04:47:45+00:00

Therapy exists. Use it?

The average cost for therapy is $100-200 an hour. You might as well just give useful advice like "be rich."

Troll4everxdxd · 2023-10-03T21:52:54+00:00

As a man I initially considered answering a blunt yes for the whole "women are raised more in touch with their emotions" stuff... but thinking about it, it's a bit more complicated.

I think men and women are more emotionally fragile than the other in different areas, and that has to do with social conditioning or upbringing.

Many of the examples you gave involve a guy "not getting the girl", and since boyhood, men are told that they are not "real men" unless they either get a girlfriend or fuck around a lot. The ones that fail on that regard are disdainfully called "virgins", "losers", "incels" (even though incel involves resentment towards women, not the not getting laid part on itself) or generally silently looked down upon. I experienced this during all of my adolescence.

Women, at least in the last decades, are constantly being told that they don't need no man, that they can be whole and happy without one. And don't get me wrong, I think that's great, but I'd like that message to be extended to boys too. I think that before the Kenough scene in Barbie, I haven't seen a movie or show that tells men that they are okay as they are, that they don't need to "man up" or "better themselves" so that they can get a girl because they can be okay single.

On the other hand, I think that women are more "emotionally fragile" with their weight for example, than men. But, like the other example, that doesn't imply a "weakness of character" in women, it's just that society puts more pressure in girls and women about not being fat.

So I wouldn't say men are more emotionally fragile than women or the other way around. I think men and women are conditioned or influenced by their environment to be more sensitive and triggered in certain areas.

No-Seaworthiness959 · 2023-10-04T03:14:39+00:00

In my experience men are much better at dealing with trauma and stress not because they are stronger or something but because they have no other choice. Women can choose to be weak, men don't have that option. This is why we speak of "strong women" - because it is a special qualifier. Men are already required to be strong.

FutureBannedAccount2 · 2023-10-03T23:13:20+00:00

It doesn't seem like you have any idea about the concept of trauma or the many different ways it can manifest itself. You are also intentionally choosing to compare apples to arsenic.

Also you claim you learned how to accept rejection and move on by 7th grade but...you know we can see your post history right? It tells a very different story. Care to explain?

illusoryfindings · 2023-10-03T23:19:37+00:00

I don't think this is a gendered thing, some people are just more sensitive than others. And I think the reason why it's particularly noticeable in men because men aren't 'allowed' to be sensitive in the way that women are.

I'm a sensitive guy, and I have genuine traumas from similarly benign things like that. I don't do it on purpose, it's just the way I'm wired. Naturally I'm very neurotic, anxious, and overly-analytical.

I think dudes like me are the reason the red pill garnered such a large following. Lots of people in life, for whatever reason(s), are just easily distressed by life's regular challenges lmao

The good thing is you can turn these weaknesses into strengths, but if you haven't managed to do that, the effects of them are particularly punishing if you're a man trying to find a relationship. Because in general, men don't mind women like this, but women find men like this undesirable.

The solution is for dudes to adapt and overcome, women can't just change what they find attractive. It's harsh, but what else can you do?

odd_cloud · 2023-10-03T21:30:55+00:00

I think men are more sensitive to rejections, because it’s harder for them to find someone new. It’s easier for women to start a new relationship right after the previous ended or at least date multiple people. Makes sense, they feel less being at a loss.

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johnnybayarea · 2023-10-03T21:58:50+00:00

I think women are given more support overall. Mental weakness more plays into the traditional gender role that women are weaker/precious/to be cared for. I feel women are treated better by their parents, partners, potential partners, other women (at least outwardly). There is no stigma for women/girls needing help, while i believe before the 2000s men/boys weren't the same.

I didn't look for other stats, but women attend therapy TWICE as much as men.

EA0713 · 2023-10-03T22:12:19+00:00

Why did you even post this when it seems clear you don't give a fuck about what others are gonna say and not even try to listen? This doesn't look like a debate it's just a post trying to piss people off

RAm4d3us · 2023-10-03T23:03:12+00:00

No. Although, men and women may be emotionally fragile about different things.

10throwawayantsy · 2023-10-04T01:17:57+00:00

This just seems like you've made generalizations based off specific examples. Even your examples seem like gross oversimplifications. Boiling down someone's entire life history to a single causal event you view as not significant. You probably just don't know their whole history enough.

Not too many women going to war throughout history.

LogicalLetterhead272 · 2023-10-04T02:37:33+00:00

All of this is just anecdotal evidence on a point that it seems you've already made up your mind on, so it's useless for discussion.

We do know that women use antidpress about twice as much as men do: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db377.htm

This can mean a variety of things. Are women more emotionally fragile because they need antidepressants more often? Or are men more emotionally fragile because they aren't as willing to take antidepressants to deal with emotional issues?

International-Pool29 · 2023-10-04T04:24:12+00:00

If you wanna get metaphysical about it is simply because the mating competition is stiffer for men which means they have to rely on a last-chance outlook on things more

Maffioze · 2023-10-04T11:01:23+00:00

Meanwhile, women regularly experience heinous abuse, are beaten, SA'd, severely verbally abused, and then get in normal relationships quickly after while not really talking or complaining about it. Honestly, barely even badmouthing the guy sometimes.

No offense but this paragraph is where your post goes awry. Do you think men don't experience the same thing? Sure they don't experience SA to the same extent, but all the other things you mentioned they experience to similar extents as women do.

Also "badmouthing exes" seems like something women do more often to me.

StereoFood · 2023-10-03T22:22:03+00:00

When you realize girls have access to way more options than men you get very frustrated at rejection because you’re happy to have just been with that one person. It’s more meaningful to us imo.

belachewhm · 2023-10-03T22:41:23+00:00

I think the problem is that most little boys aren’t shown love properly by their parents. Their emotional needs go unmet, and that starts their entire psychological development off on the wrong foot.

Add to that the usual trauma that happens along the way in life (getting abused at home and no one cares, bullied at school and no one cares, rejected by girls and no one cares, etc.)

A lot of times when things like these happen to girls the entire village comes to help them, or at least let them know it’s not their fault and they’ll be okay, but with boys no one cares. It’s no wonder that the suicide rate is highest amongst boys and men.

By the time a guy reaches adulthood he’s either gonna be really strong emotionally or just limping along (emotionally fragile).

Wolvengirla88 · 2023-10-04T02:40:03+00:00

As a nonbinary person who has recently embraced my identity and stopped identifying as a woman, it’s a lot easier and there’s a lot more emotional support to identify as a woman.

I mean, I literally found a retreat for survivors of the exact type of child abuse I lived through. It’s completely free. It’s also only available for women.

There are countless eating disorder retreats, writers retreats, creative retreats of all kinds, and therapeutic activities, just for women.

caption291 · 2023-10-03T22:17:12+00:00

men are objectively less neurotic...there's not much else to say beyond that to show that you are wrong...

Meanwhile, women regularly experience heinous abuse, are beaten, SA'd, severely verbally abused

Women thinking that women regularly experience a bunch of abuse is imo a good example of what female emotional fragility looks like.

thedarkracer · 2023-10-03T22:10:49+00:00

Your post isn't about emotionally fragile but guys not getting support as much as women do.

ROBYoutube · 2023-10-03T21:11:45+00:00

Sort of. I don't think reasonable people debate the fact that women on average are more emotionally intelligent than men on average. That can lead to a type of fragility where emotions they can't identify and deal with manifests in a way they are able to understand and express; usually anger.

TomKikkert · 2023-10-04T03:29:58+00:00

No.

But men bottle things up because it is beaten into them at a young age. Men only open up to men because when we open up to women it is help against us, or we are ridiculed.

Women use their emotions to gain resources from men so it is in their interests to do so. Women do not offer resources to “fragile men”, but as soon as women do, you’ll see a lot more men open up about their emotions

HolidayWhile · 2023-10-03T21:12:08+00:00

Men don't have any support when bad things happen to them. Women tend to have friends and family standing behind them.

Warm_Gur8832 · 2023-10-03T21:26:25+00:00

I think men are more cut off from processing events emotionally than women are because part of processing something emotionally involves accepting vulnerability yourself.

Part of masculinity is feeling like you’re a loser if you don’t constantly think of yourself as in full control of everything that ever happens in your life.

It isn’t manly to have had something happen to you, it isn’t manly to be a victim of any sort, etc.

So, I think men may be more emotionally fragile on the surface, but no less emotionally strong within.

Aromatic_Ad5473 · 2023-10-03T22:26:18+00:00

The researchers detected fluctuations in emotions three different ways, and then compared the sexes. They found little-to-no differences between the men and the various groups of women, suggesting that men's emotions fluctuate to the same extent as women's do (although likely for different reasons).

Source

10throwawayantsy · 2023-10-03T21:26:49+00:00

All those men you used as your examples just sounds like losers. I don't know any men like that and if I did I wouldn't want to. Doesn't help your point.

Women are more "emotionally fragile".

"Emotional fragility is the tendency to easily become overwhelmed by difficult emotions." 🤔🤔🤔

jay10033 · 2023-10-04T02:20:31+00:00

This you?

"I had severe untreated PTSD and having sex with obscure individuals was the only way I knew how to feel better. At least half of those individuals did not need to occur. Quite unnecessary. It's just gross. There was also some sex work which was somehow less problematic than the men I picked for myself. There was also some sex work which was somehow less problematic than the men I picked for myself."

abaxeron · 2023-10-04T06:23:18+00:00

Also women: "Men should talk more about their feelings".

When the next ten people in a row I see crying at workplace are not women, you might have a point.

Independent-Mail-227 · 2023-10-03T21:29:20+00:00

Women scores higher in neuroticism, this basically alone beat every single of your anecdotes but let's go further.

women regularly experience heinous abuse

Proof??

are beaten

Men as a group suffer far more physical abuse and yet they're not this paranoid, this shows they're indeed emotionally stronger.

severely verbally abused

Men are more likely to be verbal abused, if you scream at a little boy you're a bad person but screaming at a little girl? You're seen as a monster. Boys learn young that their cries won't be heard so they stop, this is emotional strength.

get in normal relationships quickly after while

This is not a signal of emotional strength, women have a lot to gain with relationship so it's more about opportunism, a men have to put effort in dating so he has no incentive to just jump in another relationship even more knowing that he state of mind after a break up may interfere with his capabilities as a partner, emotional strength is to to be the best partner and not dump your unsolved issues in the next one.

barely even badmouthing the guy sometimes

I call cap on this, they aways badmouth their exes no matter what even using lies lol.

when I learned how to accept rejection and move on by 7th grade

If you're a woman, well, you've barely face the level of rejection a guy face.

DerayRevan · 2023-10-03T21:14:06+00:00

Didn't you already post this ?

I could of sworn you did earlier but anyways on the discussion

The example you gave are mentally immature guys and not what l would emotionally fragile

mvnnyvevwofrb · 2023-10-03T23:08:21+00:00

It's possible. Because relationships are intertwines with some men's highest goal in life. Finding a romantic partner is intertwined with all their deepest aspirations. So when they get rejected, there's a whole lot more at stake for men than for women. It's like all their hopes and dreams are shattering. For women it's not like that. Women are less idealistic and more opportunistic. They only care about themselves and what they can "get" out of a relationship.

Uedakiisarouitoh · 2023-10-04T02:00:02+00:00

Men as a whole are far less likely to get help or understanding with their emotions and it have to do a lot of emotion labour when they do open up about their issues without comforting or reassuring their partners post conversation .

As for the rejection side , it’s a scale and gravity issue . Rejection has played such a massive part of our life and shaped so much of it that , with constant and severe rejection , it can weight on us like pallets of bricks crushing us . Whilst women experience rejection , it’s unlikely they will see the same levels or same severity of such .

At this present second I’ve got 4 separate male creators today that are going through horrendous sa or dv or serious assault . We too have those heinous things happen , we also try and speak out and we are mocked , abused and accused of hating women for drawing attention to our struggles . Way more deal with the above in silence because the betrayal of people’s reaction to such is worse .

I’ll give credit where credit is due and people are starting to take men’s abuse a lot more seriously and there is a massive charge of female creators who are doing gods work shining a light on these massive issues

We are expected to handle our emotions at a societal level on our own considerable more .

Lastly whilst you learnt to deal with rejection in the 7th grade , I doubt you have been told no and kicked in the nuts in front of a crowd of your peers. You will likely never have to experience rejection at the level we will and I’m genuinely glad most women won’t , I just ask that , whilst you may not fully understand , you take the time to understand others points of view and how they differ in frequency and severity

SecondEldenLord · 2023-10-04T09:28:19+00:00

First off, all teens are emotional, both men and women. Second, when you reach a certain age like 30 and you feel like after all these years of rejection you are finally in luck, of course you will get disappointed and be sad, because you thought this was it. The reason why these particular men could be disapointed (I am not including teens here though) is maybe because they are average men with no luck in dating and maybe they struggle a ton with dating and face rejection years on end and then they get this glimmer of hope that they will finally have a relationship and then boom, this hope is gone just like that. What human being wouldn't be upset and disappointed?

Are men the more emotional sex? No, cause we have to supress our emotions and move on otherwise we are considered toxic, but when women let their emotions out, they are considered brave! Double standards as always.

DeathcoreOnly · 2023-10-05T18:54:54+00:00

Yeah none of this is true, just say you hate men and think you’re better than them and move on

10throwawayantsy · 2023-10-03T21:23:03+00:00

On a statistical average I think you’ll see more women committing overt displays of emotional instability than men. That being said when men become unstable I think we’re far more likely to become violent.

Also I think men are more likely to cope with negative emotion by suppressing all emotion, far more than women.

96tillinfinity_ · 2023-10-03T21:58:59+00:00

No. They are emotionally stronger. Next question

Flightlessbirbz · 2023-10-04T00:19:10+00:00

“Emotionally fragile” is kind of an ambiguous term. There’s being sensitive, being traumatized, being emotionally demonstrative, being emotionally immature, and having a big ego that is easily bruised. All are different but come come off “emotionally fragile.” As for men being more or less of these things, imo it’s more individual than gender-based, but men may be more likely to be emotionally immature, less/differently emotionally demonstrative, and more sensitive about their ego, due to how they’re socialized. Once again though, more individual than gendered.

Alecto_Moonbat · 2023-10-04T02:56:44+00:00

1,000,000% yes. They've been forced to suppress most of their feelings and so haven't learned how to deal with them. Women are free to express theirs (most at least - can't be too angry or the menfolk get nervous, which I find quite interesting) and so cope with it better.

Emotions are meant to be expressed, they serve real, important purposes. It's bullshit that we shame men for being human, and anyone who does that needs to stop.

However, it's also bullshit that I see so many men complaining about this problem, showing that they're fully aware of the basic conflict, but can't be bothered to work on helping both themselves and other men. If they truly care about the struggles many men are having atm, if they are truly as upset about this injustice as they sound, then they need to shit or get off the pot. Liberate yourselves and get out of the teeny tiny Man Box, guys, or else stop using a legit tragedy merely to throw yourselves a pity party. You either want things to improve for yourselves or you don't.

CountMandrake · 2023-10-04T01:06:16+00:00

My ex-fiancee woke me up one day at 6 AM slapping the shit out of me because she had a dream where she caught me balls deep in our hot 20 years old neighbour and, according to her, I laughed at her when she told me to stop.

She said I was a cheating piece of shit and rolled back and wouldn't talk to me for two days.

She was 29 years old. A highly educated, acomplished, independent, professional woman.

I still think that's one of the funniest things a woman has come up with, but she was emotional AS FUCK over something that not only did not happened, but actually didn't even had crossed my mind until that point.

And after we started talking again, she told me I WAS TO BLAME for her nightmares, because she overheard our neighbour telling to one of her girlfriends "I was hot", and then that same day she said hello to me and smiled, and I greeted her back, and I knew she didn't like me greeting that girl.

I didn't know she didn't want me to say hello to our neighbour.

And mind you, since then, I've heard lots of guys commenting on their women getting mad at them because they had dreams about them cheating, so it's not like this is exclusive of my ex.

Women are EXTREMELY emotional. Not just "somewhat emotional". SUPER emotional.

It's just that us men are used to it and we just shrug it off and don't make a fuss about it.

A woman being emotional is kinda the norm, it's just common.

A man being overtly emotional is not common. It doesn't help that, because of our physique, a man acting emotional sometimes leads to violence, so that's why people take emitional men very seriously.

Edit:

https://reddit.com/r/AmITheDevil/s/OUWDd09iI5

I knew there would be a post about it.

lacuti3 · 2023-10-03T22:26:04+00:00

Probably. I rejected some guys in high school and they all got together to talk shit about me. They probably realized their league is average and below average girls after that lol. That’s what they married.

women regularly experience heinous abuse, are beaten, SA'd, severely verbally abused, and then get in normal relationships quickly after while not really talking or complaining about it. Honestly, barely even badmouthing the guy sometimes

That’s not true. Girls tell everyone when that stuff happens. They feed off of drama and love attention.

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MxMaster9907 · 2023-10-03T21:21:13+00:00

Yeah, they are. Dudes be punching walls for no reason

GridReXX · 2023-10-03T23:27:51+00:00

Imo they don’t seem to be as resilient.

It’s a societal trope that women are better at “long-suffering” and making their way day by day while still being there for others.

Let a group of males and females go through the same devastating trauma, and idk, I think you’ll see more of the women push through and more of the men mentally clock out or go off the rails.

thetruthishere_ · 2023-10-04T00:49:25+00:00

I think many men are.

While more open today on mental health many men are still taught/think they have to suck it up and just hide emotions. We are all human and have emotions.

I also think way more men hold on to the past over women in my life experience.

I personally think anyone that seeks help is strong. It takes strength to seek help and make a change. Far too many stay in a 'rut'.

arcticshqip · 2023-10-04T03:03:33+00:00

Yes, much more fragile. Women get over violence, homelessness, being a refugee, being raped, being unemployed and all this even when they are single and try to manage on their own.

XCXBOURBAKI · 2023-10-04T00:11:29+00:00

they are more fragile

2023-10-04T01:02:59+00:00

Men are weak and dying

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maldroite · 2023-10-03T22:55:23+00:00

My theory is that men are taught to/insist on compartmentalising and not talking about things. All this stuff doesn’t just disappear, it festers. And it makes me sad.

My boyfriend and I had remarkably similar relationships in the past and while are both “moved on”, I’d say that the wounds caused by his past relationship are taking longer to heal than mine, purely because he didn’t talk about anything for many years. I honestly think it’s just been me and maybe one or two female family members that he has opened up to about it. He once expressed his frustration that not a single one of his friends or housemates ASKED about the break up when it happened, which gives me an insight into why men might not be talking about stuff.

But yeah, that’s my theory at least.

canwegetanfinchat · 2023-10-04T00:17:23+00:00

I think it’s roughly equal, but that men generally have less social support. The lack of social support makes it a lot harder to handle stress. Also therapy is largely made to benefit women, making it less effective for men.

basedmama21 · 2023-10-04T04:01:04+00:00

It depends on the man. A man with either disheveled or nonexistent masculinity, absolutely.

lvoncreek · 2023-10-04T07:11:18+00:00

Probably yes.

YourAverageRadish · 2023-10-04T07:52:57+00:00

I don't believe it's gendered, I think it's individual. There are plenty of emotionally fragile men and women, as well as stoic men and women. I think it depends much more on genetic predisposition, personal life experience and mental health.

Novel-Tip-7570 · 2023-10-04T08:24:19+00:00

They are more sensitive about certain issues but as a whole women are more fearful, neurotic.

Stop_Maximum · 2023-10-04T09:44:24+00:00

I think they are but it’s because they have a hard time expressing their feelings. I don’t think a lot of them realise that..

herefortheparty01 · 2023-10-04T12:18:11+00:00

This just doesn’t seem like an honest question.

RedRum-My-Ego · 2023-10-04T13:29:52+00:00

All the issues you listed are symptomatic of other trauma. They don’t know this and no one else does. They are hung up on the issues you listed because life convinced them that a man should want not. They believe it and then they find something that they feel is truly special because it seems different than all the trauma faced before but guess what, it isn’t and learning that truth is pretty devastating. Sometimes it’s too much to get over the fact that as a man life sucks and we are supposed to be happy about it. Those men got their hopes up and couldn’t cope with reality after the fact. Woman are taught that life will be a fairy tail and that they have a right to expect that from everyone else in the world. They are backed by everyone in this and supported when it is not. They will be dotted on, made to feel better to a point it seems like it has been “processed”. Men don’t get built up or supported like that so it seems we are weaker. We are not, we just have no one rooting for us, no one to turn to when life sucks and if we do we are looked down on. EXACTLY LIKE YOU ARE DOING TO THE MEN IN YOUR EXAMPLES.

Vlad_The_Great_2 · 2023-10-04T15:16:52+00:00

Most men I know don’t like talking about their trauma and keep to themselves. Either they fix their problems or suffer through it. Most men are ridiculed at some point in their life for opening up emotionally so we are forced to just deal with it. The overwhelming majority of women I meet have some type of trauma and are more than willing to tell if I talked to them for longer than 3 minutes. The women I know are also more likely than men to have someone be supportive and caring about their issues. Men are told to just toughen up.

Lower-Director1043 · 2023-10-04T15:50:44+00:00

No offense but every year there's a new eating disorder, or a new shaming the world has to be aware off because someone judged women.

MarjaniLane · 2023-10-04T16:29:03+00:00

Ehhh - maybe?

I think it’s because of societal expectations and pressure for me to be “unemotional” beyond anger and happiness. So when these men get serious emotions they crack - whether it be shut down or violence.

Too many parents aren’t teaching their sons emotional intelligence and self regulation

Abandons65 · 2023-10-04T17:37:12+00:00

Nope

ambrosedc · 2023-10-05T23:34:09+00:00

"Meanwhile, women regularly experience heinous abuse, are beaten, SA'd, severely verbally abused, and then get in normal relationships quickly after while not really talking or complaining about it. Honestly, barely even badmouthing the guy sometimes."

ChadCel73 · 2023-10-06T13:17:08+00:00

What a loaded and anecdotal thread.

Meanwhile, women regularly experience heinous abuse, are beaten, SA'd, severely verbally abused, and then get in normal relationships quickly after while not really talking or complaining about it. Honestly, barely even badmouthing the guy sometimes.

This is false. The regularly exaggerates it a lot.

Different people will react differently. I've seen women freak out over the most mundane things. I've seen women handle rejection very badly, like they felt entitled to the guy. I've seen adult women with important jobs having the emotional maturity of a 14 yo girl. Meanwhile men are thought to swallow and withstand no matter what all the bad shit life throws at them. Men carry a much greater emotional load than women and have to deal with a lot of much worse things than women.

Comfortable-Dare-307 · 2023-10-07T16:21:40+00:00

Guys can be abused too, boys as children are physically abused more than girls, and sexual abuse of children is 60/40. Most men who have the kinds of troubles you're describing were probably abused at some point in their life. As men and boys, we are taught that our needs or emotions don't matter. So, as boys, we don't express them. That sets us up for emotional turmoil later in life. Girls, on the other hand, are encouraged to express themselves, so they develop more emotionally stable adulthood.

Title	Are men more emotionally fragile than women?
Author	10throwawayantsy
Upvotes	23
Comments	209
Date	October 3, 2023 9:08 PM UTC (2 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/PurplePillDebate
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/PurplePillDebate/comments/16z3kad/are_men_more_emotionally_fragile_than_women/
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