The Lack of Expectations
My teenage years were devoid of male role models. My parents split up permanently when I was about 10. I only had sporadic contact with my father after that. I had no brothers, and most of my cousins who lived near me were female. All my uncles except one were living in other parts of the country.
I was a man in a woman’s world. M…
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