
“I will absolutely raise my daughter to know she does not have to be polite to men who creep her out.”
Why? Don’t you realize that she will be repulsive?
I absolutely raised my sons to be polite to obnoxious girls. How he treats unlikeable women is reveals a boy’s character. Your daughter’s rudeness is irrelevant to my son’s behavior toward her.
If your daughter wants to be a good person, she will be polite to everyone. Politeness isn’t a prize we give to people we like. Politeness is how civilized people interact with others, especially strangers.
Teach your daughter that her ‘creepy detector’ is not infallible. Certainly, she should be wary of strangers who display odd, aggressive, or threatening behavior. But your daughter should know that she can be wrong. Some perfectly ordinary men might creep her out occasionally.
You apparently don’t know how to be polite yourself. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and say your mother didn’t teach you how to be decent. Let’s break the cycle! Instead of raising your daughter to be toxic like you, raise her to be kind. You’ll likely need to ask a neighbor or friend to teach your daughter (and you) about manners and that’s going to require humility. Fight the urge to say impolite things to me and start taking control of your feelings.
(Leviticus 19:13) ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.’
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A thousand times AMEN!!!