Parlance of a Frail

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Boys don’t cry

Girls are good at baking, boys at building. Boys are faster in the races, girls slower. Boys are taller than girls, they have to be. Y chromosome and in the military? Deployed wherever the new fresh hell is. 

Male nurse? More like male nurse! Men are expected to work and bring home the bread but tactful with the children? No, that’s Mom, of course. There are lots of things boys are meant to do but whatever happens, hold it all in until you implode because boys don’t cry.