Thanks for your readership and comments, Loem.

This piece lives in an American contextual worldview and the situation which sparked it was American — religious — Christian — Protestant as mentioned in the introductory paragraphs.

Although the article and event preceding it is directly informed in that context as well as through an American born and raised experience, this isn’t a case of enthocentric writing but is a narrative on experience that can be felt across nationalities as I’ve witnessed from non-American women sharing the sentiment.

I do believe this topic of auto-validated white female emotionalism is universally applicable. Just as dynamics of power, influence, wealth, race, etc bear weight across the world, white women’s tears follow suit. There are of course tiers to all of these elements depending on country, peoples, etc. Depending on the context, expressing emotions as I’ve discussed could even be more so given to lighter WOC (complexion wise) in a society just as they are given to white women.

Micro concepts within a macro machine are at times difficult to recognize, however still play their role in the machine.

So, yes — I am writing from an American POV but with some research one would find that this isn’t solely an American issue.