tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post238976515107633755..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Who's Crying Now?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36042692872764355682015-06-21T12:55:04.502-07:002015-06-21T12:55:04.502-07:00The NR argument isn't a good one.
Suppose th...The NR argument isn't a good one. <br /><br />Suppose there's an academic who hasn't won the Nobel Prize and isn't particularly remarkable. Should he be fired for controversial remarks because he isn't particularly useful to society? <br /><br />No, it's a free speech issue. Tim Hunt's opinions are his, and they have nothing to do with his work. It was his personal views, and everyone is entitled to his personal views. <br /><br />Also, whether something is 'insulting' or not depends on who is insulted or one wants to feel insulted to cry 'victimhood'. <br /><br />One thing for sure, if a woman scientist had made a general statement about men, most men would have brushed it off. <br /><br />This is just a lot of malarky. <br /><br />priss rulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-45518565767943677322015-06-21T12:52:00.357-07:002015-06-21T12:52:00.357-07:00Curing cancer insults cancer cells. Curing cancer insults cancer cells. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79610404720132513552015-06-21T11:47:26.830-07:002015-06-21T11:47:26.830-07:00Stunning and sad regarding the professor, but the ...Stunning and sad regarding the professor, but the crying differences are fascinating. "Be a man." But we don't say "Be a woman." Please unpack this more for us Dr.! I suspect it may be analogous to being a "tomboy" is ok for a girl because we really know that she is a girl, but a "sissy" is pejorative and threatens the evolving boy or the structure of the world more? drtceline@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068560803010332344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14458336663638737362015-06-21T09:59:57.727-07:002015-06-21T09:59:57.727-07:00I don't think 'physical mastery' requi...I don't think 'physical mastery' requires emotional suppression. But it does allow you to control when and where you let it rip. Katielee4211https://www.blogger.com/profile/14994959732687391703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88447420992672451352015-06-21T09:54:46.736-07:002015-06-21T09:54:46.736-07:00Once upon a time, we would have either written him...Once upon a time, we would have either written him off as a jerk or disputed it with him. It possibly could have been a rather lively conversation over dinner. <br />Nowadays, we become offended and he must lose his job. Which sort of proves his point.Katielee4211https://www.blogger.com/profile/14994959732687391703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-80001557462945094172015-06-21T09:53:59.541-07:002015-06-21T09:53:59.541-07:00e: Why do men cry when they emerge victorious? Wha...e: Why do men cry when they emerge victorious? What is there about victory that causes men to shed tears? Are they expressing relief that the contest has ended or are they expressing humility? Are they showing that they earned their victory?<br /><br />This blog topic seems to be a mess, but I'm certain crying after a sports victory is about a relief of tension, of fear.<br /><br />I remember in my 20's after surprising a big dog on a long runner-line lease in the winter deep snow, and retreating, but tripped and got bit in the leg, and spent the next 20 minute enraged imagining coming back with a baseball bat, but even without a bat I imagined I could use my left forearm to let him bite me while I could use my right hand to blind him, until finally I convinced myself I was completely superior in every way, and his life was in my hands, and only then was I willing to give him mercy in my mind. Anyway, when I got home I called 911 and explained the attack and only then broke down crying and had to take slow deep breaths to stop and finish explaining what happened.<br /><br />So victory or not, physical mastery requires emotions to be suppressed, and if you suppress them long enough in a tense situation, crying would seem to be a way the body sometimes releases that tension. It has nothing to do with humility or pride.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25996606128422863612015-06-21T09:52:20.114-07:002015-06-21T09:52:20.114-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-63392337238247995562015-06-21T08:50:33.355-07:002015-06-21T08:50:33.355-07:00I would imagine that male expressions of emotion d...I would imagine that male expressions of emotion differ considerably from culture to culture...that the British "stiff upper lip" versus the more emotive tendencies of, say, Italians or Spaniards (on the average, of course), is not a total myth.<br /><br />David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com