Men are raised by mothers who smother them while forging them into savages of steel. No mother wants her son to escape her arms & enter a dangerous world, but far more devastating is a son who never becomes a man. He must overcome her will. Mother is the final boss of childhood.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
This is perfectly exemplified in Telemachus in the Odyssey, eventually becoming the head of the household through calmly and sternly taking control away from Penelope.
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Replying to @therealmowgli2
Exactly. Ancient wisdom cast aside by postmodernists. This idea is nothing new. It’s the Oedipal complex updated for masculine audiences.
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