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July 31st, 2013
11:11 PM ET

Is it not okay for a woman to shed a tear?

Newsweek just released an article about The New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson.

It's a nearly 3,400- word piece about her career, but only two words from that article are making headlines: "I cried."

Abramson admitted that she cried after an article suggested she was a failure.

But would we still see that same type of headline if it was a man who cried?

OutFront CNN Contributors Margaret Hoover and John Avlon.


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