&gt; In our society we&#x27;re seen as weak if we cry.<p>Isn&#x27;t this the case in most societies? My sense from history is that is only acceptable for men to cry at extreme events -- such as death of a wife&#x2F;child&#x2F;brother, or the loss of a kingdom. The other common trope for crying is if a peasant or low-level official is begging the forgiveness from a king who is about to terminate him. But in the modern society such tragedies happen less often. I cannot think of a time in my own adult life when crying would have been justified.