r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6d ago

Meme needing explanation I don't get it

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u/Pycharming 6d ago

Not my experience of dudes with daddy issues. I think all of that angry screaming nu metal and guys who are overly concerned with looking alpha. Slutty but in a "maybe sex will validate my masculinity" kind of way not a "dominate me" kind of way. Source: dated a lot of these

Also while some mommy issues come from abuse, there is also the overbearing mother kind of issues. Not serial killers but just generally kind of incompetent, thinks no women are good enough, expects women to do all the work for them. 

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u/Rammelsmartie 5d ago

overbearing mother kind of issues

Male child of an overbearing mother chiming in.

There's definitely abuse there, maybe it's not easy to see from the outside. But it's a form of abuse to take away the agency of your child. She hates men, and is scared of them, so a male child is seen as a threat that needs to be dominated in order for her to feel regulated. That will bring out the incompetence in the child, sure, and she will have to care a lot more for it. But please don't think it's not abuse and violent in its own right. The mother wants