No woman, no cry

What a strange world we live in!

There once was a time when a woman could dramatically fall to the floor in a flood of tears. The dashing man would rescue his damsel in distress. And that was the end to a wonderful and alluring display of femininity.

It's enough to make you all warm and fuzzy, right?

My how the times have changed. Now, we see a woman - her body taut, her jaw set. She quickly scurries off to the office toilet cubicle to silently cry. There is no dashing man to come to her aid. Rather, a constant whirring of an over-worked air-conditioner to comfort her.

No woman, no cry. That's the mantra a lot of women carry as soon as their heels hit the office decks. It's a man's world still. And to let loose a raw emotion or shed a tear is a dangerous walk down the planks. It's professional suicide.

'You want to have a cry? Well do it on someone else's watch!'

And you're probably thinking this little upstart lesbo-nazi feminist here is taking a few swings. But you know what? It's not just men that are making women walk the plank - sadly, it's women too.

While men out there are taking the plunge and crying over things other than football matches, women are holding it in. The tides have changed. It's women who are telling other women not to cry. It's women who are encouraging other women to 'show no fear'. And it's women who look down and criticize the emotions and tears of another woman.

And what a shame. We've conquered so much but without the emotion and tears of joy to express it - what does it really mean?