They learn that sometimes violence solves problems, and are discouraged with physical force from showing emotion.
The documentary went into detail about how young boys have learned to put on a theoretical mask to hide what they are truly feeling inside. On the outside, they let others see what they think will make a masculine impression, like humor, athletic ability, and occasional compassion. But behind the mask they hide their true emotions. These hidden emotions, like anger, aggression, and loneliness, are what lead to such high suicide rates that we see in teenage boys today. These boys are not talking about the problems that they have or the depression they feel because of the fear they have of being ridiculed or called weak. It is society that has put this fear into these boys. Even from the first time they join a sports team and their coaches tell them to stop running “like a girl”, young boys begin to fear being associated with femininity, and learn to better perform masculinity. Advertisements and social media have stigmatized boys sharing emotions with their friends by showing it as a form of being gay, and therefor it is not allowed. Because male adolescence are not able to express how they are feeling to their peers or those close to