Male Privilege - The Master of The Castle
Many of us have witnessed how certain women in our families behaved around their partners. These men were the kings of their castles, so to speak. Meanwhile, the women acted like servants or slaves to their mates. The controlling men made the important decisions and told their women what to say and do to them and around others. Any woman who violated "the rules" dealt with emotional and possible physical abuse. A threatening stare, a raised tone of voice, or an item slammed by her husband/boyfriend and the nervous woman was quickly put in check whether in front of her family or elsewhere. This is why many of us have had difficult relationships with the opposite sex over the years--I'm a witness, because we refused to be treated like those women who went before us. However, some of us also fell into the same trap by being tricked into being with controlling men. They were clever in how they went about courting us until we got to know them and ...