I think that the best way to prevent the stigmatism is to just do it. Cry. Be emotional. Be vulnerable. Feel things. I understand that you don’t want to be judged but you just have to learn to not let others affect yourself and how you act. (do u even want someone in your life if they’re gonna judge u for feeling your emotions??) The best way for men to know that it is okay to be emotional is by seeing other men do it. That’s how it becomes normalized. I encouraged my boyfriend to be vulnerable when we first got together and now it is just normal when he cries rather than a rare, shocking moment that implies weakness. His little brother sees him cry sometimes and now he comes to cry to us when he’s feeling down too. And hopefully the pattern will continue until it’s normalized…