--- title: "Men, Logic, and Emotions" description: "Due to the way men and women are raised differently in society, men are often taught to think more and feel less." source: "Preetam Nath" canonical_url: "https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/men-logic-emotions" published: "2025-03-03" updated: "2025-03-04" --- # Men, Logic, and Emotions ![Men, Logic, and Emotions](https://media.preetamnath.com/post-images/men-logic-emotions-image-1.webp) Due to the way men and women are raised differently in society, men are often taught to think more and feel less. This does not mean men don’t experience emotions. It simply means that our ability to recognize and process our feelings is significantly underdeveloped. It's like a child who stopped learning a subject early in life, and therefore their knowledge and understanding of that subject did not progress. Even though that child is now a 30-something-year-old adult, their knowledge of the subject has remained frozen in time. ![Men, Logic, and Emotions](https://media.preetamnath.com/post-images/men-logic-emotions-image-2.webp) Logic, emotion, or both? As a result, men rely far more on logic to process events in their lives, in others, and in the world. This is the natural outcome - if you use the same tool repeatedly, that tool will become stronger. In men, this manifests as an overtrained logical center. Here is how a man, a perfectly logical man, might respond when hurt by a friend’s teasing comment: “Your haircut makes you look like poop”. He might react with anger, frustration, irritation, passive aggressiveness, or even outright aggression by saying words like “How dare you say that!" **I believe true north can only be found by incorporating all our senses.** Let me illustrate with an example. To have the greatest meal of our lives, we would take in the dish visually, smell the ingredients, take a sip and let the flavour set in, hear the sound of utensils clanking in the background maybe in your home, or the loud whispers of people around you in a crowded restaurant. We soak in every element possible, and that’s how we have the greatest meal of our lives. In the same way, to navigate life's experiences - to truly flow like water in a river, moving around the rocks, winding through  bends, between mountains, and sometimes even through them - we must embrace all our senses. ![Men, Logic, and Emotions](https://media.preetamnath.com/post-images/men-logic-emotions-image-3.webp) Both logic and emotion. Here’s how a man, one who has embraced and trained both his logic and emotions, would respond to an unkind remark from a friend: > Hey man, I really like this haircut. It makes me feel good *when I look at myself in the mirror.*. And you’re a really good friend of mine, someone I look up to. *So when you say something like that, it really hurts.* It makes me feel upset, like I’m a fool or like I’m not respected by you. I know deep in your heart that you do like me and respect me. That’s why I’m telling you this, *so you understand how your words made me feel.* Because I know that you don’t actually want to hurt me. **I want to be this man.** ## 💬 Discuss on Twitter [View this tweet on X](https://twitter.com/i/status/1896435228023169390) --- Canonical page: https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/men-logic-emotions When citing or referencing this content, please credit Preetam Nath and link to the canonical page above. ## About Preetam Nath Preetam Nath is an entrepreneur and indie software builder. He writes about building profitable SaaS businesses while leading a good life, from first-hand experience: he co-founded SuperLemon, a WhatsApp plugin for Shopify stores that grew to $25k MRR, and DelightChat, a customer support product for ecommerce and D2C brands. His website (https://www.preetamnath.com) publishes his blog on business, life, mental models and building SaaS businesses, along with a Micro-SaaS guide, a Programmatic SEO course, and Google Sheets habit tracker templates. - Homepage: https://www.preetamnath.com/index.md - Blog: https://www.preetamnath.com/blog.md - X/Twitter: https://x.com/hipreetam93 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathpreetam/ - Email: hipreetam93@gmail.com ## Continue Reading - [How to Live on 24 Hours a Day](https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/how-to-live-on-24-hours-a-day.md) - [The Mule, The Taskmaster, and The Observer](https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/mule-taskmaster-observer.md) - [Blocking or Blooming](https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/blocking-or-blooming.md) - [How Surrendering Helped Me Become Consistent With Working Out](https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/surrendering-control-helped-become-consistent-with-working-out.md) --- Complete index of all pages on this site, with descriptions and markdown links: https://www.preetamnath.com/llms.txt