Boys don't cry?

About this picture: It can be psychologically and physiologically very damaging to try to suppress one's feelings permanently. Culturally, so-called speech acts have sometimes developed that probably have no malicious intent, but can nevertheless be very harmful, as they train children to suppress emotions. In English, for example, there is the phrase "boys don't cry", and in German the expression "a little warrior knows no pain". As a boy, I grew up with such comments myself and was even very proud of the fact that I hardly ever cried. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned (thanks to wonderful friendships) to open up emotionally to friends and allow tears. I realized that this did me a lot of good. Later I learned that it is also an empirical truth. Even though bravery is an admirable virtue, we should have the courage to show and express our feelings - isn't that brave too?