You can be sensitive while also being bold. You can be kind while also being firm. You can be helpful while also being strong.

None of these things cancel each other out.

Unfortunately, the shittiness of "BEING A HARD MAN" typically embodies a lot of shitty stereotypes about """masculinity""": must limit your emotions, never apologize even if you're wrong, don't do """girly/sissy""" things, etc. It's garbage.

A man who lets his nieces paint his nails and isn't ashamed of that isn't less of a man. A man who cries during romantic movies isn't less of a man. You know the drill.