Sorry for the bummer question!
saw something that mentioned this being an AMAB-thing, but it definitely happened to me as well, and it just made me wonder how unusual it was to be punished (physically or otherwise) for crying as a girl
you can just yes/no, you don't need to get into it unless you want to
(feel free to unload, probably I'm not the only person who will relate)
Yes, absolutely.
I think a lot of AMABs mistake being expected to cry as the same thing as it being accepted. You were expected to cry as a girl, but you were also treated like a "silly over emotional female" for it.
I definitely got told to toughen up as a kid