When there’s a problem a woman will say how they feel whereas a man just looks for the solution. Maybe it comes from films where the female is crying and the man is there for her to put her shoulder on. I’m not sure where it comes from, but there’s almost a stereotype that the man must be strong. You’re never more exposed than when you give your true feelings on something. I guess it’s because you just leave yourself so open. We can justify it by saying we have more testosterone but I’m not sure that’s the reason… sometimes I think that the physicalness of it all might be linked to men not being good at speaking about feelings.Īre you more inclined to talk about your feelings than when you were younger?ĭefinitely. And there are men who don’t grow out of that… It’s so ridiculous when you think about it. There was a stage in adolescence where maybe there was nothing else to do, but sometimes you were almost looking for a fight. Ronan Brady (left) in action with Roscommon. It becomes a place where you can make those inappropriate jokes you can’t make in normal society and that breeds a mentality where you start thinking a certain way. I guess the term “boys will be boys” is a justification for bad behaviour.
How 20 men will behave in a room with no females changes completely with just one female in the room. The next thing she’d wallop you and you’d know she meant business, that she could hold her own. Girls and boys played together up to a certain age – you’d be marking a girl – and sometimes a girl would teach you a lesson on the field. It's a place where you can go and do that safely. It was controlled aggression… Some of the best guys you'd know off the field you'd have the mightiest of battles with on the field.