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Who sheds tears at moving movies Who gets so swept away by excitement that they leap to their feet and hug complete strangers Who falls apart when a relationship ends The surprising answer: men. The movie is likely to be Field of Dreams which has brought many men to tears. They may get over-excited during a football game or the breakup may just be in their imagination. However, new research reveals that a man’s emotional life is as complex and rich as a woman’s, but often remains a mystery to him as well as to any woman who loves him.
Although emotions have long been considered a female thing, men report feelings as often as women and describe their experience of emotion similarly. In an analysis of the emotional intelligence of 500, 000 adults, men rated just as high in emotional awareness. In studies of married couples, husbands proved as sensitive to their mates’ stress levels as wives and just as capable of offering support.
Although both men and women sigh, cry, laugh, get angry, and shout, they express emotions differently. "Emotions live in the background of a man’s life and in the foreground of a woman’s," says psychologist Josh Coleman, author of The Lazy Husband. "Women seem naturally more in touch with their emotions, while men have to work at it. But when men do, it’s a win-win situation. They discover a whole new dimension of themselves. Their relationships are happier, and they’re happier too.
A. Men usually don’t know they can be emotional.
B. Men are different from women in the background.
C. Women are usually more emotional than men.
D. Men are actually as emotional as women.