suck it up

There's even ways for progressive men to participate in the "suck it up" program.

In a statement reported on by Variety, Stewart shared, “I’ve truly enjoyed being back with the incredible team at 'The Daily Show' and Comedy Central. I was really hoping they’d let me stick to every other Monday, but I’ll just have to suck it up…”

Unfortunately, right-wing voices in media and politics continue to push them to respond by doubling down on traditional expressions of masculinity — which is tragic because some aspects of traditional masculinity — like the idea that “real men” can’t acknowledge vulnerability and just have to “suck it up” — have contributed to many of their problems in the first place!

“There’s a taste in the mouth, you gotta suck it up.”

“We all called each other and told ourselves, `We’re gonna suck it up today,’” joked Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, when asked about the coast-to-coast subpar quarterback play.