The Observer | Life | Barbara Ellen | On sex and violence: “A recent study revealed that for many

men getting disproportionally emotional

over sport is their way of dealing with real

difficulties in their lives. Tell women

something we don’t know. Most of us

know how it feels to be emotional

wallpaper, while the man in our life

obsesses and grieves over an unfair

penalty. The same seems to be true of

men who react strongly to movies. It’s not

the case that real life isn’t good enough,

more that their real selves don’t seem

good enough. Or, for that matter, bad

enough.”