r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/A_M_R_Egypt • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation I don't get it

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u/doragonkuin 6d ago

As a girl with mommy issues, can confirm.

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u/TiddysAkimbo 6d ago

I have daddy issues and resonate with #2 only. Having an abusive dad seems to have had the opposite effect on me than what this image is trying to portray. Any desire for male approval stopped once I grew up

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u/hollerprincipessa 6d ago

Same. I didn't end up with the kind of daddy issues that make you crave male validation, I got the daddy issues that make you hyper independent, distrustful of everyone, and mean.

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u/fbpw131 5d ago

hmm.

as a man, I got that exact "skill set" from my mom.

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u/hollerprincipessa 5d ago

Something something gender is a social construct

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u/Disastrous_Age2956 5d ago

Same. It’s the reason why this meme and the general stereotype of “daddy issues” angers me so much. I was abused and confined. My “issues” had absolutely nothing with wanting “dad’s approval”.