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>Ten years ago, 40-year-old Kathy Caprino worked as a corporate vice president at a Connecticut-based company. She did not consider herself much of a crier, but on occasion had pulled her office door shut to shed a few tears. Like many executives, she regarded publically crying at work “the kiss of death.” Then it happened to her.

>Caprino was asked into the president’s office to speak about her supervisor, whose competency had come into question. The president asked her to keep an eye on the supervisor and regularly report his mistakes. Feeling it would be wrong and disloyal, Caprino said she wouldn’t snitch. He was adamant, however, and demanded that she do it.

>That’s when the tears came—first out of frustration that she’d been backed into a corner and then compounded by disappointment in herself that she’d lost control. She watched as the president’s eyebrows raised in shock and embarrassment and then slowly contort into anger.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/01/11/crying-at-work-a-womans-burden-study-men-sex-testosterone-tears-arousal/#6a0dc1c87c6d

>Women are biologically hardwired to cry more frequently than men. They have six times the amount of prolactin, which is a hormone related to crying, than men, so it’s no surprise that women sometimes feel tears come to their eyes during inopportune moments. In fact, research shows that 41 percent of women have cried at work at some point during their careers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melodywilding/2018/06/11/the-surprising-truth-about-crying-at-work/#238dd2404e79