Psychology explains people who grew up in the 1960s aren't just private - they struggle to open up from being raised in an era when family problems stayed behind closed doors - Silicon Canals

"Psychologist Ronald Levant's research on normative male alexithymia reveals that emotional suppression in men is a learned behavior, not an inherent trait. Boys are initially more emotionally expressive than girls, but by age two, they begin to fall behind in verbal emotional expression due to societal expectations."

"The emotional rules established in the 1950s and 1960s dictated that boys should not cry and that expressing feelings was a liability. These unspoken cultural rules were survival instructions passed down through generations, shaping how emotions were perceived and expressed."

Men from previous generations often struggle to express emotions due to cultural norms established in the 1950s and 1960s. These norms dictated that boys should not cry and that expressing feelings was a sign of weakness. This emotional suppression is not a personal choice but a learned behavior, termed normative male alexithymia, which results from gender-based socialization. Research indicates that boys are initially more expressive but lose this ability as they grow older due to societal pressures.

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