Q: A recent survey found that men are 3 times more likely to do this in public than their fathers?
A: CRY
A new survey found that men today are three times more likely to cry in public than their fathers. Here are some more results from the survey.
- The average man has cried in public 14 times in his adult life. Their fathers cried an average of five times in their lives.
- 40% of men have cried in front of other people in the past year.
- The average man cries 30 times a year total, between his public and private sessions. It lasts an average of two minutes and 18 seconds each time.
- 80% of men have cried from a TV show . . . 20% have cried over a news story . . . and 13% have cried because of sports.
- Half of men have tried to explain crying by saying there was something in their eye . . . one in three have tried to hide it by yawning . . . 10% have blamed their contacts . . . and 3% have claimed they got hot sauce in their eye.
The survey also found that women cry 62 times a year, which is twice as often as men and an average of more than once a week.
