Eureka moment #1

Last weekend, I was getting a haircut at the barbershop, when I noticed a situation occurring between a father, son, and daughter. The situation was noticeable to everyone in the room. The boy was around eleven years old and he was getting a haircut. After getting his haircut, the father gives both children a reward for their good behavior at the barbershop that was candy bars. He allowed his daughter to make the first selections. The boy starting crying, because his sister selected the candy bars he wanted. The father rush the boy into a corner and asked the reason he was crying then the father started to get upset at him for not acting like a boy. The father was embarrassed by his son showing feminine characteristics in front of other males. I would have done the same thing, if I had a son crying in a men's barber shop. Is it, because I was taught that men don't cry in front of other men and especially a girl? I left the barber shop thinking maybe the boy needs to be toughening up before he is picked by other boys in school.