clamp, no offense, but those are some pretty broad generalizations of Americans you're throwing out there. As an avid traveler, I'll be the first to admit that there is a definite presence of the obnoxious American tourist throughout the world--but this is perhaps less due to being an American than being a *tourist*. In other words, it isn't nationality but agency here. What is the function of the man abroad? He is functioning as a tourist. What do tourists tend to do? In many cases, make a cursory tour of the country, unable or unwilling to engage the local culture beyond superficial visits to "local dives." To most indigenous populations, any outside visitor who only concerns himself with taking a whimsical stroll through their country, snapping pictures and behaving as though they were still back home, comes across as obnoxious. Because it IS obnoxious. It's obnoxious to not take local customs and traditions into consideration, to not be sensible to the ways of life in the places you are visiting. But this isn't an issue of nationality, it's an issue inherent with being a tourist.
I have seen obnoxious German tourists. Obnoxious French tourists. Obnoxious Japanese tourists. Obnoxious American tourists. Different nationalities--but what do they all have in common? They're tourists!
Now, as for the stereotype of American men crying. Could this be due, perhaps, to Americans being more progressive than our counterparts across the pond? Well, that's certainly one idea to consider, but...
You do realize, I hope, that YOUR idea of what constitutes "manliness" is entirely socially-arbitrated and not bound by any set, physical laws of nature. It is ENTIRELY ARBITRARY, and you'll find that these notions tend to change over time--a further testament to their arbitrariness.
Crying is actually a physiological reaction to an emotional response emanating from your neural synapses. It's part of a very real, very human set of emotions. Just like anger. Just like happiness. Humans cry, they laugh, they get angry, frustrated, smile, and all sorts of manner of human emotions. People cry when they're sad, when they're angry, when they're scared, when they're overwhelmed with joy. It's a physiological response. In my opinion, if you are either A) incapable of one of these emotions (crying), or B) purposefully stifling one of the physiological responses to these emotions (crying), then you are one, or both, of the following:
1) a mindless automaton who is completely incapable of being a self-sovereign human being and who feels like he must CONFORM, like the mindless robot that he is, to the illusory parameters set forth by the society he just happened, by chance, to be born into, or
2) a less-complete, less-fulfilled, and less-human Human being. One who is either incapable of experiencing the full range of human emotions or performing their necessary physiological functions, or who is unwilling to partake in the full range of human emotions or performing their necessary physiological functions. In either case, you're missing out on a very significant part of what it is to be human.
But hey, if you think that makes you a man, then by all means, go forth in thy manhood (but don't forget the oilcan so that you can lube your mechanical, pre-programmed brain)!