Edit2: It’s a subjective perception I’m talking about. Are you offended? Why?
What’s the matter, why can’t men deal with me being sensitive and emotional? Is it because they struggle with me reminding them of having, too, emotions?
Edit: Do men think I’m weak when I show emotions? If so, why?? Why do women see it as a sign of strength when men are vulnerable, but men don’t seem to get it? Are they/are we dumb??
Here’s one that cites multiple others right in the intro.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C38&q=male+emotional+expression&oq=male+emotion#d=gs_qabs&t=1695505963159&u=%23p%3DKu6cJMzgELQJ
I picked the first three results from your search and they don’t support your argument at all. They even call it out as a stereotype (which it is).
So sadness for leaders is neither ok for women or men.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(200003)21:2%3C221::AID-JOB36%3E3.0.CO;2-0
Rather small sample size and the conclusion was very cautiously worded … so no facts that support your theory.
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1348/135910703322370851
No proof for your theory either.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/10949310050191809
I may come back and review some more of the literature, because it really is an interesting topic.
Your last citation there actually seems relevant to OP, since they’re asking about this difference in how they feel around other men vs in mixed groups.
It would be useful to know if there are indeed more studies like this that maybe show that the stereotype (which aren’t inherently wrong or negative) is too vague, and i would like to know the specifics, maybe the stereotype only holds in male-dominant spaces. Or (and I think I’ve read this) when males are primed to act more masculine.