I have been reading through other people's comments and I completely agree with just about everything everyone has had to say. I believe it is not only okay, but good and needed for a healthy human spirit for men and women and children to be able to cry when they need to. A lot of men are taught that it's not a good thing to do. I also think, though (and I could be completely wrong) that it's, at times, kind of an instinct for men not to cry especially in front of their wife because by not crying they're letting her know that it will all be okay (whether it will be or not). It's not necessarily logical but, then again, humans aren't logical. There's a lot more to this issue than that but I don't want to have to write a book. If I did, I'd hope I wouldn't have as many flaws in it as Coontz does in her books. I also agree with others that she needs to work out some personal issues she has with men before she can feel qualified to write about them in a respectable fashion. It's like she's got a vendeta against them and, frankly, it REALLY ticks me off that people consider her qualified to write about men and they actually make decisions based at least some off of what she says. That's wrong! Anyway, have a good weekend.