I can struggle with this sometimes as a woman who’s had a lot of bad experiences. It’s helped me to find better relationships. I realized a lot of people in my life just didn’t hold the same values as me and I think that’s what a part of the problem was.

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Sometimes people grow up in a dysfunctional family, a friend group that doesn’t actually like them (but feels like the best they can get for some reason), or a social setting where bad behavior is common. That tends to bring out the worst in women and/or men. What you experience with the difficult women in your life is real, presumably, but may not generalize very far outside of that group you know.

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