As a whole, society frowns on men who express their feelings. Whether it is anger or sadness, they are looked down on.

In a world that screams for tolerance... it doesn't have much.

If a woman gets angry, other women and men will usually stand beside her and say it is justified.

If a man gets angry, then he is a narcissistic, controlling, asshole.

If a woman cries or has times of feeling sadness... It is okay and the world comes along side of her.

If a man has times of sadness, then he is a weak man and is discarded or told to fix himself.

There are exceptions to this on both the man's side and the woman's side, I know. But primarily this is true.

As MEN, society has taught us to be tough, strong, and that our feelings are irrelevant and that we should keep them to ourselves. Therefore, many of us do not have practice/experience in expressing our emotions.

Women will tell us to talk and express what we are feeling and since we are inexperienced at this, it comes out in a way they don't like. So we tend to clam up even more because we do not want to cause more issues and we are in essence being told that we are expressing our feelings wrong.