I've seen women cry when their hair doesn't look right, when they can't find their keys, or when a cute puppy comes on TV. It's not unusual to see a woman cry, it happens. When I see a guy burst into tears, it seems out of the ordinary. I'd be the first to tell you that it's kind of silly to hide your emotions in an effort to appear tough, and I don't see anything wrong with tears to express emotion. However, in my experience, women crying doesn't tell you shit about the severity of a situation. To me, men crying casts it in a different light.

I'm sure that all sounds so out-of-place and sexist nowadays, but oh well. It's not discrimination, it's a conclusion drawn from observation.