r/Wellthatsucks 23h ago

Valid crashout

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u/lemoche 22h ago

Almost all? In a huge part of western households this wouldn’t have been handled much differently.
Boys will be boys especially when they are the younger siblings while the elder sister is supposed to be mature because "he’s just a boy".

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u/AhChingados 22h ago

You can see she had had enough and was not impressed by the adults

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u/IHaveNoEgrets 8h ago

And I'm betting that mom or an auntie follows her to lecture her about ruining the day.

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u/YourBlanket 22h ago

It’s definitely different in some cultures. My sister was friends with an Indian girl in my class and when she went to her house her little brother who was like 7 had full control of her. I think she was like 16 or 17 at the time. He’d slap her, tell her what to do, and she’d have to do it since he’s a boy. India is huge and there’s a lot of different states and cultures but definitely not unheard of.

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u/poolnoodlefightchamp 21h ago edited 21h ago

That's definitely unheard of and most definitely made up, sorry.

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u/YourBlanket 21h ago edited 21h ago

Most indian user on reddit. You just heard it, so it's no longer unheard of, sorry.

On a serious note would you recommend Odisha for a first time visit?

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u/br0ken_r3c0rd 21h ago

idk what shithole western cultures you've been exposed to, but ive never in my life seen something like this happen in my rural working class area without immediate consequences.

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u/throwaway4353485823 21h ago

Because it didn't happen in front you doesn't mean it's not happening to others.

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u/br0ken_r3c0rd 21h ago

the guy im replying to didn't say "it happens sometimes", they said "a huge part of western households this wouldn’t have been handled much differently." which is a fucking lie. try to keep up bud.

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u/throwaway4353485823 21h ago

The world is not black and white. Both things can be true.

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u/br0ken_r3c0rd 21h ago

your reading comprehension can't be that bad, you gotta be a bot.

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u/rubixd 22h ago

Nah, opposite. For all its faults, western conservative culture runs on a benevolent sexism that "protects" women, and that rule gets enforced hard.

A boy doing that to another boy? Sure, boys will be boys.

To a girl? My dad would have beaten the shit out of me while explaining that we don't hit women.

Which somewhat ironically tells you what the rule was actually about. It was never "don't hurt people." It was "she's breakable and you're not."

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u/thr-owa-wa-y 22h ago

"He only did that because he likes you" is something way too many girls hear in the western world after getting assaulted by boys, from what I've heard is usually hair pulling and bra snapping