Hymen Checks, Rigid Dress Codes, And Other Ways Some Dads Disguise Control As Protection Of Their Daughters

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Using undesirability as a threat

Some fathers will use desirability or a lack thereof as a means of keeping their daughters in line. This often sounds like “No man will want you if you do x,y,z” or “No one will marry if you…”And of course, he expects accepts that she will take his word as law. He’s a man, so of course he’s an expert on what all men walking the earth want in a woman.

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