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Maybe not outright falshoods - but possibly a product of over zealous cynicism. For example: "Fathers being suspicious of their young daughters' boyfriends an
by ErrantX 17y ago
Maybe not outright falshoods - but possibly a product of over zealous cynicism.
For example:
"Fathers being suspicious of their young daughters' boyfriends and dates is really just sexual jealousy"
Could just as easily be attributed (nowadays) to social pressure: e.g. it is a well known in pop culture that fathers are suspicious of their daughters boyfriends and so some of them are. :)
(and yeh I realise it is somewhat ironic to be disagreeing with a list of "things that cant be said" :))
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- gabrielroth 17y agoBoth you and the Reddit poster are overlooking the obvious evolutionary explanation. To a father, a daughter's eggs are a precious reproductive resource. A daughter who squanders her reproductive potential on lower-status mates is diminishing her father's genetic legacy. (This doesn't hold for sons, because they have a virtually unlimited reproductive capacity.)
- ErrantX 17y agoI was just using a random example to highlight the idea he is probably wrong in portraying that as an accurate assessment. Now we have 3 ideas - I'm inclined to agree yours has a lot of bearing.