my dad left when i was 3 but i have other men in my life who i love and trust and have gotten me through a lot. i think this is probably a kind of silly sentiment that reinforces the idea that men are inherently emotionally immature or emotionally stunted and that the actions of shitty it unreliable men js because of their nature instead of a choice they’ve made that’s been informed and reinforced by patriarchal views of what a man is supposed to be

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