Editing Tears (section)

== Human culture ==
[[File:Crying boy.jpg|thumb|Crying boy]]
[[File:D. Maria II (BM 1868,0612.2285).jpg|thumb|Queen [[Maria II of Portugal]] shedding tears and hugging a bust of her late father [[Pedro I of Brazil|King Pedro IV]] (also Emperor of Brazil as Pedro I), 1836]]
In nearly all human cultures, [[crying]] is associated with tears, active tear ducts and abrupt  strong respiration, due to strong emotional impetuses. Triggers of crying can vary from sadness and [[grief]] to intense anger, happiness, fear, mirth, [[frustration]], confusion, and any form of overwhelming stimuli. Emotional tears can also be triggered by social and personal experiences, like listening to music,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mori |first=Kazuma |last2=Iwanaga |first2=Makoto |date=2017-04-07 |title=Two types of peak emotional responses to music: The psychophysiology of chills and tears |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46063 |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=46063 |doi=10.1038/srep46063 |issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free |pmc=5384201 }}</ref> reading social media content, sharing thoughts, and communicating. 

Crying is often associated with babies and children. The infants that are unable to vocally communicate have many alternating tones in their crying, attracting the attention of the caregiver and specifically their biological mothers.<ref name=":1">Carollo A, Montefalcone P, Bornstein MH, Esposito G. A Scientometric Review of Infant Cry and Caregiver Responsiveness: Literature Trends and Research Gaps over 60 Years of Developmental Study. Children (Basel). 2023 Jun 10;10(6):1042. doi: 10.3390/children10061042. PMID: 37371273; PMCID: PMC10297674.</ref> Blood-related mothers goes through physiological changes upon exposure to the crying, with acceleration in muscles and decrease in heart rate, as well as understanding the vocalizations of the baby's crying.<ref name=":1" /> This is a mother-specific case, as the other caregivers, like biological father or adoptive parents, are not able to decode the sound. 

Some cultures{{Which|date=May 2019}} consider crying to be undignified and infantile, casting aspersions on those who cry in public settings, excluding circumstances which concerns loss of a relative or a loved one. In most Western cultures, it is more socially acceptable for women and children to cry than men, reflecting masculine sex-role stereotypes.<ref name="CryingGender">{{cite journal|last1=Stadel|first1=M|last2=Daniels|first2=JK|last3=Warrens|first3=MJ|last4=Jeronimus|first4=BF|date=2019|title=The gender-specific impact of emotional tears|journal=Motivation and Emotion|volume=1|issue=1|pages=696–704|doi=10.1007/s11031-019-09771-z|doi-access=free}}</ref> In some{{Which|date=May 2019}} Latin regions, crying among men is more acceptable.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Dianne Hales|date=October 2005|title=Big Boys Don't Cry — and Other Myths About Men and Their Emotions (page 2 of 3)|url=http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/big-boys-dont-cry----and-other-myths-about-men-and-their-emotions/article18053-1.html|magazine=[[Reader's Digest]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117200405/http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/big-boys-dont-cry----and-other-myths-about-men-and-their-emotions/article18053-1.html|archive-date=January 17, 2009|access-date=2008-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/its-ok-for-men-to-cry/story-e6freon6-1111116273610|title=These days it's OK for men to cry, say famous guys|author=Fran Metcalf|publisher=The Courier Mail|date=8 May 2008|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/27/1061663846142.html| title = Why we cry| access-date = 2008-07-20| author = John-Paul Flintoff| date = August 30, 2003| newspaper = [[The Age]]}}</ref> There is evidence for an interpersonal function of crying as tears express a need for help and foster willingness to help in an observer.<ref name="CryingGender" />

Some modern [[psychotherapy]] movements such as [[Re-evaluation Counseling]] encourage crying as beneficial to health and mental well-being.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rc.org/|title=Re-evaluation Counseling}}</ref> An insincere display of grief or dishonest remorse is sometimes called [[crocodile tears]] in reference to an Ancient Greek anecdote that crocodiles would pretend to weep while luring or devouring their prey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071003151131.htm|title=No Faking It, Crocodile Tears Are Real|website=ScienceDaily|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> In addition, "crocodile tears syndrome" is a colloquialism for [[Bogorad's syndrome]], an uncommon consequence of recovery from [[Bell's palsy]] in which faulty regeneration of the facial nerve causes people to shed tears while eating.<ref name="Crocodile tears syndrome">{{cite journal|vauthors=Morais Pérez D, Dalmau Galofre J, Bernat Gili A, Ayerbe Torrero V|year=1990|title=[Crocodile tears syndrome]|journal=Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp|language=es|volume=41|issue=3|pages=175–7|pmid=2261223}}</ref><ref name="McCoy 58–62">{{cite journal|last=McCoy|first=FJ|author2=Goodman, RC|date=Jan 1979|title=The crocodile tear syndrome.|journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery|volume=63|issue=1|pages=58–62|doi=10.1097/00006534-197901000-00010|pmid=432324|s2cid=24362510 }}</ref>