History PlayingWith / MenDontCry

** Bob is potentially seen as a sociopath or a heartless man, since he won't cry from things that are sad, not even when a love one dies.

** '''or''': Alice refuses to cry because she thinks others will see her as weak.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob was raised with the belief that men who cry are weak and effeminate. Thanks to this, he suppresses all his emotional anguish to keep up an image in front of others. One day, it gets too much for him and he has an emotional breakdown.

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob finds other ways of expressing and coping with his pain (writing music, doing exercise, etc.)

* '''Averted''': ManlyTears. Or, in ''really'' subversive works, not-ManlyTears.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ??? %% "Hold it together." "But its so sad!" ""
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Averted''': ManlyTears.

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Straight''': Bob isn't normally given to crying, while Alice will cry often through either [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming sentiment]] or [[TearJerker sadness]].

** Alternatively, Bob has a mental/emotional disorder that prevents him from crying, or even feeling sad.

%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** Bob was raised with the mentality that crying is equated to being effeminate, so he believes it's inappropriate to shed tears.

** Bob is raised in a patriarch society, and him crying is a sign of weakness to all men.

** Bob is [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste chopping onions]].

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Enforced''': "We have to show that the [[TheHero main character]] isn't [[UnfortunateImplications some pussy]], so we can't have him crying."

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Played Straight''': Bob isn't normally given to crying, while Alice will cry often through either [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming sentiment]] or [[TearJerker sadness]].

* '''Justified''': Bob was raised with the mentality that crying is equated to being effeminate, so he believes it's inappropriate to shed tears.
** '''or''': Bob is TheStoic, or at least not very emotionally sensitive.
** Bob is [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste chopping onions]].
* '''Inverted''': Bob is ''very'' emotionally sensitive and cries fairly often.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob was raised with the belief that men who cry are weak and effeminate. Thanks to this, he suppresses all his emotional anguish to keep up an image in front of others. One day, it gets too much for him and he has an emotional breakdown.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Enforced''': "We have to show that the [[TheHero main character]] isn't [[UnfortunateImplications some pussy]], so we can't have him crying."

* '''Played For Drama''': See Deconstructed above.

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** Bob is [[PlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste chopping onions]].

* '''Inverted''': Bob is ''very'' emotionally sensitive and cries fairly often.

* '''Parodied''': Bob is [[CuteShotaroBoy around age 10]] and is shown getting [[TheChewToy pushed down a flight of stairs, trampled under a crowd of students]], [[GroinAttack hit in the groin with a brick]] and [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking getting a splinter]]. [[IronButtMonkey He hardly changes his expression]].

* '''Parodied''': Bob is [[CuteShotaroBoy around age 10]] and is shown getting [[TheChewToy pushed down a flight of stairs, trampled under a crowd of students]], [[GroinAttack hit in the groin with a brick]] and [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking getting a splinter]]. [[IronButtmonkey He hardly changes his expression]].

* '''Lampshaded''': "Men aren't supposed to cry, dammit! It's not cool,"
* '''Enforced''': "We have to show that the [[TheHero main character]] isn't [[UnfortunateImplications some pussy]], so we can't have him crying,"

* '''Basic Trope''': Men aren't seen crying on the basis that it's not manly.

* '''Played For Drama''': See Deconstructed above.