Yes, powerful misandrist vibes around. You can see it when they joke about prison rape but only about men, when they argue whether mutilation or other violent retribution was deserved/understandable but only for men, and pretty much whenever violence and punishment are brought up.

For some reason, men seem to be considered more inherently guilty and deserving of punishment, even when their guilt is the same; an obnoxious loon on the metro deserves to be punched, but only when they're a man.

It's a sexist double standard as it makes it easy to imagine a situation where a man deserves to be punished with violence, but hard to imagine a situation where a woman does.

Extrajudicial torture and mutilation is not an acceptable response for threats. Both his and her actions must be investigated but it's easy to see how one is worse than the other.

It's like if my abusive gf threatened to say I raped her if I leave, and I rip her womb out in response. I'd clearly be the one in the wrong(er).

To admit one's vulnerability or emotionality is not a fault, stop thinking in these terms.

Men don't need to be strong, they need to be healthy. And tending to one's mental health is part of it.

To say that men must be strong is no different than saying that women must be obedient or accomodating; it's patriarchal drivel in the form of imposed societal roles, and it has no place in a civilized culture.

I'll be as weak as I want to be, and will defend the right of other men to do the same. Whoever tries to tell people how they should behave or be can go eat a bag of dirt.

I think you'll find that boys have a wider set of needs and desires which are outside of the scope of what you think they need or need not do.

Or in other words they're people, not rocks for the benefit of someone else.