An Unwanted New Year’s Kiss

Misogynistic programming runs deep

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Boundary setting is the biggest hurdle in overcoming codependency. Due to a childhood full of dysfunction that ranges from this-shouldn’t-be-considered-normal to full-on psychotic, the most empathetic among us typically develop a toxic need to people-please. Inherent in a woman’s version of people-pleasing is a surprising amount of tolerance, even…