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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Growing up a white man in the south is really hard I think because white men in the south, culturally, have never really been on the right side of anything. The best thing they have going is a thin veneer of chivalry in certain circumstances. [/quote]

Back in the day there was some sort of gentleman’s code at a large southern school I will not name, which was basically a pledge not to be rapey or treat girls like crap. I always thought it was interesting that men needed to peer pressure one another into some sort of public oath to treat women with respect.

As a white woman who grew up in the religious south in the 90s/early 2000s I was supposed to swoon over the fact these were such upstanding guys for pleading to not assault me and my friends. Sadly there were some girls who really believed this was some sort of sign of chivalry.

I always felt like ummm thanks for that.

White men in the south really didn’t have a lot of strong role models. Even just outside of a midsize city sexist and racist jokes/comments were not unheard of, even from friends’ parents! The boys I went to HS had rebel flags on their trucks because #historynothate or whatever. It was such a weird thing to grow up around. No wonder they are so lost and clinging to the cult of MAGA as the rest of the country evolves and leaves them behind.[/quote]

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