2022-07-07

你知道在哪里能看到成年男人抱头痛哭吗？答案是：在2400米的高空中。飞机客舱有什么独特的力量能使男人们变得那么容易动情呢？在飞行过程中看电影为什么会让我们那么大喜大悲呢？

I'll let you into a secret. There's a place that gets me every time: whenever I'm there, I can't help but well up. Where is this tear-inducing location? It's thousands of metres high in the sky, in the cabin of an aeroplane. Especially when there's a trashy romantic comedy on.

Why am I admitting this now? Because apparently1, I'm not alone. English crooner Ed Sheeran confesses to getting all emotional when flying too. And get this: a survey carried out by Gatwick Airport in London found that 15% of men confess they're more likely to cry during films in planes than watching at home. And 41% of men owned up to burying themselves in the blankets to hide their tears in a separate survey by Virgin2 Atlantic. In all, 55% of air travellers in the Virgin study claimed they experience heightened emotions when flying.

So, what's going on? How does air travel tap into our hidden emotions?