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I'm this way too. What was your childhood like? I attribute some of my sensitivities to growing up with a single mother and sister in a female-centric household
by o_____________o 11y ago
I'm this way too. What was your childhood like? I attribute some of my sensitivities to growing up with a single mother and sister in a female-centric household, where I was free from one side of the gender norms you'd get from having a father around.
- delazeur 11y agoI have two moms, and while I am not entirely insensitive to the emotions of other I am probably somewhat less sensitive than average. I don't think female-centric households have much to do with it.
- o_____________o 11y agoDidn't mean to suggest that was the only ingredient. I'm sure there's an endless amount of other factors that interact with as much complexity, including biological predispositions, shared view of masculinity, emotional IQ and communication style of the mother, how much admiration for femininity you internalize...
- Practicality 11y agoI would like to say pretty normal. I had two brothers so it was a little male-heavy. I admired my dad like most kids and my mom was a little protective, but nothing crazy. However, the one brother was seriously sick all the time and all the drugs he had to take (prescription) turned him into quite the jerk. So to some degree it may be that I just wanted to make sure I was nothing like him.