• DrSoap@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    This post describes me down to the letter. Friends have issues with it but over time they’ve come to understand it’s just how I am. In men, its stoic. In women, you’re a cold bitch.

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      3 days ago

      Or one can always smile, always laugh, always demure, always dissemble, always hide, always mask, always be emotionally removed.

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          My point is that when women are withdrawn and emotionally unavailable, they are more likely to have been conditioned to present (and perhaps are more capable of presenting) a false face so that those around them are not aware in the first place. And yes, it’s known to be incredibly fatiguing, sometimes to the point where you can’t really do anything else.