Honors College Art & Science of Emotions Fall 2017 (1:20 p.m.) Love Journal | Page 26
A Man’s Role in the Emotion of Love
For thousands of years, men have been given the role of the main provider for the family. From the earliest example of mankind,
it has been the man that has done the hunting for the family, expected to simply focus on this job. As time has progressed, men in the 1900s
and onward have taken on intensively laborious jobs, directing their attention simply towards this. Somewhere along the line, it was decided
that a man has no time for any outward display of emotion, that one should just keep to themselves. Today we are presented with the problem
of the role of love with men and changing their display of emotion. Recently, men have been trending towards being more open with their
emotions, but it is still an unspoken issue.
This dilemma undoubtedly spreads across all cultures and types of individuals, becomin