Autobiography of My Dead Brother Men and Masculinity Quotes

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Quote #10

The paper said the police found him hiding on the roof of his house. I was glad to know they got him, but I was mad when they put in that he had been crying when they took him to jail, as if crying was something to be ashamed of doing. (23.19)

Jesse has some serious media literacy skillz. He knows that crying is a perfectly reasonable reaction to being arrested—even for a guy—and seems to recognize that when the media depicts it as noteworthy, it comes at a cost for men.