Why is it that men can handle rejection better than us?

I don't think we do.

Society has taught us that were aren't supposed to show emotion, and as such you don't ever see what we're going through.

Men have to deal with it more often than we do. They learn to deal with it as soon as they start dating, being that most men make the "first move" so to speak. You rarely see women taking it upon themselves to ask a guy out on a date, therefore we do not get rejected as much as men do, therefore we don't really learn to deal with it as well. Just my opinion though. ;-) +4

If anyone is rejected it deflates their ego. People handle rejection in different ways. Some do it with grace, others explore, and then some just walk off and forget about it. Next? They go on and find somebody else. I think it's about the individual, not just men or women.

WHo told you that?

Well, since a lot more are in prison than women, I think you may be wrong.

Maybe they just don't care as much. +5

Why do you think that?

You think it's easy for them??


That's not fair. They don't have it any easier than us women (I'm assuming you're female before looking at your profile because no man would say that). Even if they've been rejected hundreds of times, it's not fair to ever think they are better at handling that. There is still pain and want and even wishing to be sought after by whomever they were after.

We all handle rejection differently, but not better than the other gender.

we do not know truely, we may bitch, moan and groan about it more, but men may not show how they feel... All I know is i cant handle it well at.. and for a lesbian woman, well that is what I have gotten abundantly

I think that with more experience with men that you would change that question. Men do not want women to know they are feeling down (generalizing). Then why do they have to go get drunk, beat someone up, not share their feelings, find someone to date, and sleep with, the next day? They do not know how to handle rejection in a healthy way, nor does much of anyone.

That's not true. There is more variance among individuals than between the two genders. But if it appears that women are more sensitive, it's simply because they are more demonstrative. Men feel just as hurt, but they are more likely to suppress the feelings, b1tch to their closest friends alone, or act out in aggressive ways. Women, OTOH, are more likely to show their sadness in their demeanor because Western culture allows them to be more expressive.

Wow, you never met my brothers. They would go on hunger strikes. Girls, rant, rave, binge and then get it out of their system till the next cutie comes along. LOL
And some like me just moved on to runner up number 2. Sometimes he was a winner and sometimes a loser, but I always kept moving.

we realy don't

Cause men are rejects at heart.

Sometimes that phrase "Be a man", or "Men don't cry" is part of that very reason some men are just emotionally greared differently than women...not that it's bad, but they run everything on "What's the bottom line?". Some men who have a closer relationship with thier mom's are often more sensative, because of the communication time spent with mom, but like me, my dad and I were close, and nearly all my life my friends have been male, and sometimes I just want my women friends to "get to the bottom line" and they get short with me,lol. Perhaps it really is a communication gap after all !!! +6

men deal with it every day
we get rejected constantly so it just doesn't matter usually.

They dont got a cherry to pop, to be quite frank.

who's "us"speak for yourself

Men mature alot faster than women do

thats a lie..

'cause we're used to it by now.

Cuz we get rejected all the time

They say it's a man's world and men just don't really care!

That is a complete myth.

Women have superior social circles and are drawn to discussing pain of rejection with other women. It can help mitigate, if not remove the sting of rejection.

It is noted than women possible mates reject far more than men do, a statistic that reversed in the mid 1980's.

Men, often suffer in silence.

Dr. Morlenheim
Center of Research
Male Loneliness Syndrome

We have more practice hearing

"No."