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Fierce Marriage

The 'Man Pout' — What Is It, and How to Cure It?

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We’ve all had those moments where someone shuts down instead of speaking up. In this episode, we’re decoding the 'Man Pout' — with compassion, clarity, and the tools to overcome it.Master marital communication: https://speak.fiercemarriage.comTake the 31-Day Pursuit Challenge: https://31daypursuit.comPray for your spouse with intention: https://40prayers.comTo learn more about becoming a Christian, visit: https://thenewsisgood.comThis ministry is entirely listener-supported. To partner with us, visit https://fiercemarriage.com/partner Good news! You can now find FULL video episodes on our YouTube channel, The Fierce Family. Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyO4yVeRdODrpsyXLhEr7w to subscribe and watch. We hope to see you there!

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0:00.0

No one can hurt you or lift you up more than your wife can. In either way, every wife has a hold of those wires on the other end.

0:07.2

And she can either bring life or she can zap that thing to death. I found that I was more sensitive to you than anyone else.

0:13.9

I mean, as a woman, we need to be exercising discernment on a daily basis and praying that the Lord is giving us that discernment to see our world clearly and then see what might be going on in the hearts of

0:26.1

those that are closest to us beginning with our husband so you know Lord help me have

0:30.1

the wherewithal to see it there's something going on in your marriage it involves both

0:33.2

of you whether you like it or not or you want to admit it or not so I would just say

0:36.3

come to the table,

0:43.8

ready and willing to admit your fault. And I think one way to be productive when you're not feeling like you're being productive is just saying what's happening. Men are natural

0:48.2

internalizers. Yes. And so that's, I think, one marker of the man pout is that it's always,

0:52.6

it's going to be one-sided. Why is it the man-pout and not the woman pout?

1:02.3

All right, fierce listener, there may come a time in your marriage, or maybe there was a time in the past where you will encounter the man pout.

1:10.7

The man pout. this is not a new term

1:13.4

as i'm real i think this is something that is well documented so it's clinical it is a thing

1:20.4

it's a pathology okay that was my first question is this even real yeah yeah what is the man pout

1:26.8

where does it come from is it even a? You're saying it is a thing.

1:30.4

I guess it's a title of a thing.

1:34.0

Where does it come from? What are its effects, I think, is really important to recognize if this is a pathology that you are dealing with.

1:42.0

And more importantly, what is the cure? What is the cure to the manpout? So today

1:46.1

we're going to be tackling all those things on the other side.

1:56.6

I think one thing you forgot on the other side was it's important to look at the roots of where the manpout begins.

2:04.6

Because I think if you know where the roots are, you can uproot them or at least see it coming and then deal with it.

2:10.8

So I would just addend that to the other side.

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