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Stargazer99

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:42 AM Jul 18

Why does the culture tolerate abusive males? [View all]

If there was a national campaign to teach women the signs of abusive males in order to avoid a relationship to that type of male our society would be a lot less sicker. Is it because this is a male dominated society and such a campaign would reduce many marriages?
While shopping at a store I heard a man excessively berating a young boy of about 5yrs old about something the boy did. This was not correcting the child it was hate directed to the boy and not just correction for something the boy did. Any amount of years with this adult male will damage the boy's ability to function in a healthy manner to others. I did not see the mother around and probably the boy was not his child and that is why the excessive and destructive manner he was treated. Just how stupid can a society get

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