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Men: Stop Calling Women ‘Too Emotional’ — We’re Just Done Taking Your Bullshit

Let’s call it what it really is

Amarie
Write A Catalyst
3 min readJan 11, 2025

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Here’s a reality check. Women aren’t “too emotional.” We’re just tired. Tired of being gaslit into thinking our valid feelings are a problem. Tired of carrying the emotional weight of everybody else’s nonsense while suppressing our own emotions to keep the peace. Tired of being told to smile when we’re fuming inside.

This “too emotional” label is nothing more than a cheap cop-out. And, yes. It’s bullshit. It’s what gets thrown at women when we stand up for ourselves, express frustration, or heaven forbid, call somebody out for their bad behavior. Suddenly, we’re “overreacting” or “being dramatic.” Meanwhile, men can punch walls, storm off, or ghost people for weeks, and that’s just “being under pressure” or “needing space.” Spare me.

Let’s get one thing straight. Emotions are not a weakness. They’re human. What’s weak is pretending they don’t exist or weaponizing them to silence others.

So when a woman gets passionate during a meeting or choked up during an argument, that’s not being “too emotional.” That’s being authentic. That’s being human in a world that constantly demands we act like robots.

But I’m a realist, so let’s be real. This…

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