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Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 8, 2026

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I think it's just teasing out some emotions out of them. Men, and teens, don't like to share their emotions. Women are the opposite on that. A well-adjusted teen typically won't share much with his mother, but early romantic/sexual experiences are a uniquely vulnerable point for men. It might even serve a societal function, maybe an attentive mother might uncover a psycopathic tendancy if the reaction from her son is unusually muted or violent.

Men, and teens, don't like to share their emotions.

Correction: Men and teens don't like to share their emotions in female-typical and approved way.

Get men together in a suitable context and they will share freely enough emotions but it won't be the same way women stereotypically do so.