On 2nd July 2025, Rachel Reeves, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, cried while sitting in the House of Commons. This event marked an unprecedented occurrence in the history of the House of Commons, as no Minister of the Crown, nor any Member of Parliament, had previously cried while seated in the chamber.
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer serves as the second most important person in government, occupying a critical role within the body that has a monopoly on violence, with privilege and power to make laws and wars.
Those in government are entrusted with maintaining a level head and protecting the populace during periods of national peril. The act of the Chancellor crying in the House of Commons saw Journalists rally round her to show support, but despite what the over-feminised managerial classes claim...
It's not ok to cry
(as a leader)
Crying exhibits significant sex differences, which are central to understanding its manifestation and implications. It represents one of the largest differences known between the sexes:
##### Prevalence:
Adult women typically cry three to five times a month, whereas adult men cry one to two times a month. In their 40s, women cry approximately 29.3 times on average monthly, compared to men's 5.5 times. By the age of 70, these figures are 31.1 times for women and 16.3 times for men, indicating enormous disparities.
##### Biological Factors:
Fluctuations in oestrogen and progesterone contribute to women's emotional lability. Rachel Reeves, being approximately 46 years old, may be experiencing perimenopause, which can intensify this emotional volatility.
Women possess tear ducts that are literally larger and more active.
Women generally experience emotions, especially sadness, more intensely and exhibit higher levels of neuroticism overall.
##### Developmental Patterns:
Crying typically diminishes in boys after about age 11 and in girls after about age 16. However, for women, crying may increase again in late middle age, potentially due to increased physical weakness and an evolutionary need to elicit help.
Evolutionary Roles and Crying as a Signal:
- Men are evolved to lead an army, a tribe, or a coalition, and to run the "protection regime". Their purpose is to fight for the group's welfare, defeat adversaries, uphold morale, demonstrate courage, and make personal sacrifices.
For men, emotional lability and crying are disadvantageous traits, as they are perceived as evidence of mental instability, femininity, and weakness, which would have been selected against. It is crucial for men not to display such emotions.
- Women are not evolved to form large-scale coalitions for combat.
Their evolution has centred on childcare and forming strong bonds within small groups of women to facilitate alloparenting. This role necessitates extreme emotional sensitivity and the expression of negative emotions to forge strong connections.
- Crying serves as a sign of weakness, akin to how children cry to elicit help and compassion. It communicates helplessness and instinctively prompts others to provide support, effectively positioning the individual as a child or baby to gain assistance. It is a sympathetic response designed to evoke empathy. When crying alone, it can release hormones that induce a feeling of betterment.
Implications of Rachel Reeves' Public Crying:
##### Unsuitability for Leadership:
Displaying a lack of emotional control or weakness, particularly by crying, is detrimental for individuals in positions of power who are relied upon to protect their group. Such behaviour completely undermines morale.
##### Contrast with Predecessors:
Previous senior female figures who have cried publicly, such as Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May, did so only upon their resignation or its announcement, _after_ relinquishing power. They maintained emotional control during their tenures in power. These figures were psychologically "masculinised men," which facilitated their ascent to power.
##### Rachel Reeves' Circumstance:
Unlike her predecessors, Rachel Reeves is not considered a masculinised woman. She was overpromoted due to the Labour Party's obsession with 'Diversity, Inclusion and Equity'.
She ironically pushed herself in the image of being a "strong independent woman", she is the inverse - in fact she's out of her depth, unable to cope, and prone to breaking down.
She was triggered by the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, who highlighted her misery and questioned her continued employment as Chancellor. Reeves' emotional response suggests she knows it's all going wrong and can't cope.
While her crying may elicit a "poor Rachel" response, it concurrently creates the perception of "weak Rachel".
##### Consequences of the Incident:
Her crying has spooked the markets, diminished the value of the pound, and eroded the morale of society. It indicates that the de facto deputy leader of the nation's protection racket lacks confidence and fails to project power.
This public display portrays her as weak, rendering her unsuitable for a leadership position, unstable, and unreliable during times of peril
##### Societal Decadence:
This event symbolises an ever more feminised, and decadent society that has lost understanding of life as a constant struggle. A government of a healthy nation should always be preparing for conflict, and an emotionally uncontrolled, childlike individual is unacceptable in a leadership role within such a context.