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eliPress sådnesg r ången ånd {r'ustrat ion in rnaEclrl ine wê.ys Eurch àE
thnough dispia,v.'= o{ -rggnession or complet-e nepression oi the
ern¡l-íon itsel i. l'len e;rperience the sårne ernotions å3 worïen
(colwii I t 19Él; trJil I iams, 1gE¿-) and yet f or mÊn, teans åre not
considered as eppnopniate a t.esponse ås is ângel^ (licFnoorn, 1g86;
Fhiìi ips. 1çË5) " Ernotional expnes=iveness in rnen is not tol enated
by f-he dicta of the tnadítional mal e gende¡- nt¡l= in oLrF soriety
(ú'Neiì , i98{J) unl ess it con+orrns to rnal e standarde.
lfaìeE typicalìy view engeF, r.rhich symbol í:es dorrinåncer ås a
mÊre Er-ritable eripnessinn o{ their emotions. trying by mal es in
oLr súr:iety sÍgni{ies a f erninine nespon=e and there{one is f eì t to
denote r.¡ea[':ness, ernotiona] ity, passivity, irnrnstnnity and a lec¡ oi
powen (.Jor-rnard, 19,531 Mernit, lgBE; ü,Neil, 1gE(J). Ihr_ts, tnr
rnales, crying represents a thneat to thein rnascnl inity (Jounsnd,
i9å3).
The candoned expressions oi {nr:stnat ion in the m¡scr-rl ine
Drgåni¡-rtion, Ëuch ås ångpn and aggre=siun, åre Ínore {amÍliar to
males since they have been socialired to react to inustnation Ín
this rnanner. Females åre sorial i:ed t': desl with +nr_rstnation in
wavs which are not al I owed r.lithin the organi:ation. For {ernales.
tears ,lr-E one al ternate e:.rpres=ion o{ f ru=t-ration lhat is n¡t
ålllå'/s a.r,ailable to rnales (sr-tpìer, 1gg4), The emotions oi
pr'oiessionaì þ,Ðr'nEn, and rren, ¡re subjr_ts¡.ted to the organi:ation,E
appnoval . McEnoom i 1986) stated that r.Jorïen år.e theneione urnabl e
to +tt I ly e:rpress thein errotions which can ìead to disillLtsionrnent
with the nnganr¡ation and their sr-rb=equent withdne¡lal .