SADNESS AND GRIEF
Sadness is experienced at the loss of someone or something precious to us. Sadness is concerned about our own misfortune, whereas, in pity and compassion we are sad about the misfortunes of others. In sadness we are self-focused, and hence our attention for other things can be lowered.
Grief is a profound form of sadness. Usually it is related to death. According to circumstances grief can be combined with other feelings such as distress, fear, anger, guilt, and shame. All these nuances of grief need to be understood and dealt with consciously during grieving period.
Sadness is experienced differently by men and women because of social conditioning. Social expectations tells us that it is "okay for girls to cry," and that "boys do not cry like girls." So when men feel sadness or grief even at the death of the beloved, they are often inhibited from crying. Men consider crying as "weakness" and they are not to show "weakness" because it is "unmanly" to be weak. When in grief some men demonstrate angry behaviours instead, just like women, when they are angry, tend to express their anger through tears.