Man Should Not Weep: The Ancient Belief That Tears Are Effeminate
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ISBN / ASINB00YJLT8WW
ISBN-13978B00YJLT8W4
Sales Rank99,999,999
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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“Man Should Not Weep: The Ancient Belief that Tears are Effeminate†is an article was originally published by a London newspaper in 1901.
The article is an opinion piece that examines the view, held in many societies throughout history, that men shouldn’t cry. Crying has always been seen by many people as effeminate and unmanly.
This article, however, rejects that view, arguing that it is okay for men to cry sometimes.
To prove the point, the author quotes ancient Greek and Roman philosophers and writers, like Plutarch, Plato, Socrates, and Juvenal, as well as Shakespeare and more recent poets like the Victorian era Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).
The article is filled with references to ancient mythology, classical literature, and historical events, including Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology, Shakespeare’s play “Henry Vâ€, and the 17th century French military hero Marshal Turenne (Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, the Vicomte de Turenne).
The article begins with a reference to the assassination of United States President William McKinley (1843-1901) in September 1901. President McKinley attended the Pan-American Exposition fair in Buffalo, New York.
Leon Frank Czolgosz, a Michigan-born son of Polish immigrants, steelworker and anarchist, went to the Buffalo Exposition hoping to assassinate the president. When McKinley was meeting members of the public at the Exposition, Czolgosz shot him in the abdomen.
Csolgosz was saved from an angry mob, but was convicted of killing the president and executed by electrocution in October, 1901.
After being shot, McKinley was put under medical care. He survived for a few days, and seemed to be recovering, but then his then condition deteriorated, and he died on September 14.
The article is an opinion piece that examines the view, held in many societies throughout history, that men shouldn’t cry. Crying has always been seen by many people as effeminate and unmanly.
This article, however, rejects that view, arguing that it is okay for men to cry sometimes.
To prove the point, the author quotes ancient Greek and Roman philosophers and writers, like Plutarch, Plato, Socrates, and Juvenal, as well as Shakespeare and more recent poets like the Victorian era Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).
The article is filled with references to ancient mythology, classical literature, and historical events, including Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology, Shakespeare’s play “Henry Vâ€, and the 17th century French military hero Marshal Turenne (Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, the Vicomte de Turenne).
The article begins with a reference to the assassination of United States President William McKinley (1843-1901) in September 1901. President McKinley attended the Pan-American Exposition fair in Buffalo, New York.
Leon Frank Czolgosz, a Michigan-born son of Polish immigrants, steelworker and anarchist, went to the Buffalo Exposition hoping to assassinate the president. When McKinley was meeting members of the public at the Exposition, Czolgosz shot him in the abdomen.
Csolgosz was saved from an angry mob, but was convicted of killing the president and executed by electrocution in October, 1901.
After being shot, McKinley was put under medical care. He survived for a few days, and seemed to be recovering, but then his then condition deteriorated, and he died on September 14.
