A fascinating study has found that sniffing female tears significantly reduced male aggression and decreased activity in aggression-related brain networks. It’s suggested that the effect, which is caused by chemical signals in tears and is also seen in rodents, serves a protective function.
Because dad says boys don’t cry.
Not true; beta men cry all the time.
Sigma men are unable to cry whether they want to or not, even when they watch Brian’s Song* like alpha men**
*is this even a good reference to use anymore?
**is this even how the whole alpha/beta/sigma thing even works? Sorry I’m not sure I have the brain worms required to understand
* I enjoyed it
** I think people are waaaay more complicated than 3 arbitrary buckets. It’s the same reason Meyer’s Briggs is bullshit. Anyone who tries to pigeonhole people into all-encompasing categories does not really understand people