So the numbers are in.

A grand total of 7 men responded compared to 18 women, plus both sides either vaguely answered or skipped certain answers at times, but I'll work with what I've got.

1: How do you feel about your partner in general being vulnerable?

Approximately 60% of men were fine with this with no comment on at what point it would be excessive.

Approximately 30% of men were okay with it, so long as it was not excessive.

No men weighed in that it was unacceptable.

Approximately 66% of women were fine with this with no comment on at what point it would be excessive.

Approximately 30% of women were okay with it, so long as it was not excessive.

One woman weighed in that it was unacceptable.

So men and women feel similarly about vulnerability in a partner.

2: How do you feel about your partner crying?

Approximately 30% of men were fine with this with no comment on at what point it would be excessive.

Approximately 30% of men were okay with it, so long as it was not excessive.

Again, no men weighed in that it was unacceptable.

Approximately 44% of women were fine with this with no comment on at what point it would be excessive.

Approximately 39% of women were okay with it, so long as it was not excessive.

Approximately 11% of women weighed in that it was unacceptable.

So now we have a shift, where it's becoming increasingly less acceptable for men to actively display emotion.

3: How do you feel when/if your partner enters hysterics?

No men commented that it would be acceptable.

Approximately 30% of men were okay with it, so long as it was not excessive.

Approximately 30% of men found it to be unacceptable.

Approximately 11% of women were fine with this with no comment on at what point it would be excessive.

Approximately 33% of women were okay with it, so long as it was not excessive.

Approximately 50% of women weighed in that it was unacceptable.

And now we see that women are markedly less interested in strong displays of emotion, some saying that it would be scary or quite offputting.

4: How would you personally feel about exposing yourself as vulnerable through frequent or intense displays of emotion to your partner

No men commented that they thought they could be vulnerable with their partner easily.

Only one man commented that you could earn chances to be vulnerable by being otherwise masculine.

Approximately 70% of men said it would not be acceptable.

Approximately 28% of women commented that they thought they could be vulnerable with their partner easily.

Approximately 33% of women were okay with being vulnerable sometimes.

Approximately 28% of women weighed in that it was unacceptable.

So while we had a very small group to work with (and again some users didn't bother answering all four questions), PPD's results are in:

Both sides were tolerant with emotion up to a point.

Women are less tolerant sooner and are less tolerant at the extreme of hysterics.

Interestingly, multiple women reported that no vulnerability or crying would be more concerning than frequent vulnerability or crying.

Discussion questions -

Q4All: Why do you think there a big push for men to express their emotions when it's clear that women are not interested in hearing about them?

Q4All: What would be the best way to balance the feminine desire for shared vulnerability with the need for men to remain strong pillars of masculinity?

Feel free to add your two cents on the very rudimentary data, I would like to update it again with a larger sample size.