mocks him, a man feels
attacked. When she
demands him to be
sensitive, a man feels not
good enough.
And when a man faces a
womans wrath he will
respond in the ways he has
been taught to feel
emotions since early
childhood ; with anger.
Anger is one of the few
emotions accepted in men
because it is a necessary
emotion to be a soldierkiller. Anger is a natural
defensive response for
men. And once we
become angry with our
beloved, there is a host of
problems that arise
afterwards. Guilt, shame,
inadequacy, failure, and
fear. These siblings to
anger are inevitable when
fury shows its face,
especially when we know
Joy feelings magazine
that our loved one has
been hurt as a result of our
anger.
The words spoken in
anger harm the recipient
and the speaker.
It takes time for a man to
feel comfortable feeling
emotions. After all, such a
man is challenging the
tenets and pressure of an
entire society and its
deeply ingrained training.
A man’s natural response
when hurt or confused is
to withdraw. Almost
everybody knows about
the masculine need to
retreat to the cave. And
whether this is physical
space, or mental space, or
even silence, the cave is
an essential healing tool
for the manly mind. The
cave allows integration of
the experience,
introspection to see what