Explaining to my husband how tricky blunt honesty can be in female friendships has been interesting. Because one key component of female friendship is the expectation of mirroring, honesty is an art on the scale of Japanese fan dancing.
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Replying to @kaschuta
It’s common when a woman breaks off a relationship with someone that all her friends and family cheer and commence to point out the toxic behavior they witnessed from the guy, but when they were dating it’s all “he seems nice” because the truth would have created a rift.
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Replying to @AnnikaSkywalker
Yes, I think it’s just because the default goal is set to “protect the relationship”, as women naturally had more to lose from social ostracism. You don’t want to be laying down harsh truths to risk being exiled from the village and dying of exposure in 2 days.
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> as women naturally had more to lose from social ostracism That's true but only because women are never really in a position where she needs to be told what's real or she won't survive. She'll always survive so there's no real reason to even bother telling her the truth.
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