But do you see what happens when a man expresses himself in all honesty. Do you have any idea what it's like to watch a man go from Jamaican educated bad man to the type of man that hangs his head down whenever he would go outside. I've seen my father get punched, kicked in the privates and then my mother's mom would call him and he would run from the phone. I'm not shutting down emotions I am exposing an emotion........that's sad. I used to pity my father and I hated him out of disgust not anger.
I hate that people always think that men have any emotions I sit back and talk to my boys about a lot. Men have all sorts of emotions and feelings and there are a good deal of us that share them with others. I have never met a man that was incapable of sharing their feelings other then anger. I think that's a stereotype and part of the issue. I feel anger, happiness, excitement, sadness, joy, disappointment and so many other emotions just because I am not going to cry in front of people I don't trust and don't know doesn't mean I don't feel. People want these overly sensitive men.
I think there is a movement in america to get rid of people's natural emotional response. How can you ask someone that just was hit because of some relationship spat why are you angry. A woman that get's hit wouldn't be asked why is she angry. Nobody would question why her reaction would be one of violence. If Ray Rice was a woman and her husband charged her and she dodge the first strike and slapped him and when he came back she knocked him out........................nobody would ask her why she was angry in fact she would be celebrated.
1) Is it a natural reaction to become angry when someone hits you? Are men not even allowed to become angry when they are hit by someone? What you are promoting is a society that is restrictive of emotions........if someone hits you there is a moral right you have to be angry.
2) We live in a society that accepts certain forms of violence and see's certain fairness in fighting. I don't believe in the fairness of violence the reality is a fight has a winner and looser that's it, the only rule. If I get into an altercation and I am there with 10 of my friends all 10 of them better jump in.
When ever you hit a person you are entering into a you vs them situation. When you hit someone you are placing their body at risk for harm or even death. Fighting and hitting someone isn't a light thing to do, it's not a no biggie.
Women want men in this country to have so little self respect for themselves that they don't even get angry when women hit them.
