You've probably heard the stereotype that women are more emotional than men. Ladies, have you ever been told that you are hysterical, exaggerating, and overly sensitive when you were really just expressing your opinion?
There is nothing wrong with expressing emotions. However, it is not right that emotions are attributed to only one gender and that this gender is labeled as weak because of this.
These are baseless stereotypes. For example, an angry woman is characterized as hysterical and overly emotional.
On the other hand, if a man is angry, it is much more socially acceptable than if a woman behaves in the same way.
Why are emotions divided into female and male? Men and women feel them equally. Isn't it?
A study conducted in 2021, which analyzed 184,000 people and their sharing of emotions on social networks, showed that men talk much more about their emotions than women. Women are more reserved.
In short, this means that there is no reason to label women as more emotional. Likewise, women are equally capable of feeling and expressing anger.
Have you ever heard that a man who gets upset in a meeting is hysterical?
What influenced the fact that a woman is synonymous with emotions? Are emotions a sign of weakness?
The fact is that women are the ones who give birth, the ones who have the first contact with the newborn and on whom the child depends for the first few years. They devote all their care and love to the child, which means that they completely surrender to their emotions along the way. This is the period when women are most emotional and vulnerable.
The prejudice that women are generally more emotional is not true. Women just have more opportunities to show their emotions, which does not mean they are more emotional.
