> society still thinks it is acceptable to demonise men who have emotions.
"Still". As if that will change someday. It will not.
Women are inherently valuable because they can bare children. Men have no inherent value so they must prove their value. A man sobbing over mean comments is signalling that he is of low value.
Men would cry over lost friends, family, destroyed homes, town, long gone memories, etc. Not over being bullied by someone they don't know.
EDIT:
When men cry, it's not to appeal for help from others. It's to display deep attachment.
You cry with your friends over your destroyed home or your fallen comrades, to show each other that you cared deeply about them, and you bond through this ritual. (and wsually it's not uncontrollable sobbing).
A leader might cry as an act of charismatic leadership to move his audience and rally them behind a cause.
Men have emotions, but they can't appeal to people for help based on being sad, specially being sad from things that are not physically harmful.
"This guy I don't know said mean things about me and it made me cry".
Only women and children can say something like this and get sympathy and support.
At first I thought the sobbing line was hyperbole, then I thought "why would someone admit that?" then I saw the Author had a feminine first name and thought "why is it OK for a women to admit to crying about this?" then I thought "why would a man not admit to crying about this?" then I remembered that I'm emotionally stunted and society still thinks it is acceptable to demonise men who have emotions.