09-18-2003, 07:07 AM
As Salam Alykom
May be I better start something here. Ummibrahim inthe other thread was talking about different perceptions of love. Matter of fact, there is a social aspect that is not related to the religion that affects men expression of their emotions here in the Middle East. It is something related to the level of manhood. In some cases expressing their emotions is taken as diminishing manhood. Whjle of course women basically are more emotional by nature. It is the way men are brought up. Like crying is not for men, men has to maintain a stable status of emtions under any circumstances. So they also take it that expressing their emotions is not appropriate. Not that this is a general rule. But I can say it is one of the explanations.
Well we need brothers' feedback