As a cishet male, I'm actually curious about this, myself! I was super emotional as a kid, but in my mid to late teens I virtually lost the ability to cry. Instead, my "sad" or "stressed" emotions would come out as frustration or anger.
Now, my son is in his teens and he's going through the same thing, where he's realizing he can't cry like he used to.
Definitely interested to know if this pretty much boils down to testosterone.
I lived in the southeast near the coast and these stickers were everywhere. Now I live in the PNW and they're nowhere to be seen. And yet, Confederate flags are semi regular and I fear I will never escape the sound of mainstream country music...
Until I read the second paragraph, I thought it was stating that the step grandfather was trying to teach them how to apply eyeliner with a chainsaw.