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IsabellaLinton
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10 Aug 2021, 11:30 pm

Jakki wrote:
the phrase " boys will be boys" as an excuse for bad behaviour , is infuriating . :evil:


Same with "sugar and spice". :eew: :wall: :huh:


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10 Aug 2021, 11:51 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Jakki wrote:
the phrase " boys will be boys" as an excuse for bad behaviour , is infuriating . :evil:


As a young boy I always took that phrase to mean 'just go punch him in the mouth' when the person probably meant 'oh, just accept that you're a weirdo who will be bullied'.

Hey, I thought I was just a boy being a boy, just like you all expected. :twisted:



When I was a kid, I saw this being used as boys will be loud and rough and obnoxious and they will be aggressive. Even a mom used this for her son who would be mean to me because I was a girl.


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11 Aug 2021, 7:23 pm

Yep, "boys will be boys" is infuriating to me. Recently I've heard "to be a Good man, rather than a 'Real' man" to counteract similar trains of thought. It's still gendered, but it's a start.



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12 Aug 2021, 6:54 am

IsabellaLinton wrote:
I've been made fun of and ignored by women, more than men.


Actually, yes, I think that's the same for me where it comes to being made fun of and deliberately excluded.

Men mostly just ignore me because I'm not on their radar.



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12 Aug 2021, 12:03 pm

can recognize the above observations for myself. Except , ithink the manner in which i use the english language . Sometimes puts people off. Tend to use large words to describe what i am saying
in common language. So my small talk is very limited , if i can manage any .


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