I'm way late to the game, but I just got round to your lj today and had to comment on your discussion of crying and sexism.
Weepy != girly
Got that?
Weepy = baby. Weepy = immature.
I think there's another view to consider. It is this: women/girls do cry more than men in general and that's the reason crying is associated with weakness or, as you put it, immaturity.
Why is crying easily such a bad thing? Laughing easily certainly isn't, and even shouting easily gets less negative response than crying does. Is sadness somehow a lesser emotion? Is sentimentality?
From this perspective, it's the negative view of crying that's sexist. It's not necessarily to say one sex does this while the other does that, but it certainly is sexist to diminish what one does while elevating what the other does.
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Cry, Baby, Cry
Date: 2004-07-29 04:09 pm (UTC)Weepy != girly
Got that?
Weepy = baby. Weepy = immature.
I think there's another view to consider. It is this: women/girls do cry more than men in general and that's the reason crying is associated with weakness or, as you put it, immaturity.
Why is crying easily such a bad thing? Laughing easily certainly isn't, and even shouting easily gets less negative response than crying does. Is sadness somehow a lesser emotion? Is sentimentality?
From this perspective, it's the negative view of crying that's sexist. It's not necessarily to say one sex does this while the other does that, but it certainly is sexist to diminish what one does while elevating what the other does.