How Growing Up With Brothers Shaped My Comfort With Disrespectful Male Relationships
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
A woman reflects on how growing up with three older brothers shaped her relationships with men, explaining that she feels most comfortable with men who don't respect her boundaries because that dynamic feels familiar from her childhood. She describes how her brothers' roughhousing and teasing normalized disrespectful behavior, leading her to seek out similar dynamics in adult relationships where she feels at home with men who push boundaries.
Key quotes
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I'm not your average girl. Sure, I wear makeup, jewelry, and dresses, but don't let my feminine exterior fool you: I like to drink beer. I love sports. And I can hang with the boys, even when things get a little rough and rowdy.
Maybe it's the fact that I was raised with three older boys who were constantly putting me in headlocks and calling me degrading nicknames, but as an adult, there's nothing I enjoy more than spending time with men w
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