Shane: I think that many men, especially modern men in the Western Hemisphere, you're really hemming yourself in. You feel like crying as Shane implies is seen as a sign of weakness or shame or dare I say femininity. What's interesting to me, however, is that this social norm or even social construct seems to be fairly modern. If we have something in our emotional repertoire, there is a reason. And the mistake people typically make is to like squash it or to like never want to use that tool.
Is sobbing a survival tactic? What happened when Angela wept in front of her boss? And what do sauerkraut and sadness have in common?