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Aishwarya Kapoor

Why Indian Husbands Were Raised as Providers But Never Taught to Give Wives Emotional Connection

The job description he was handed at birth

Watch how a boy is raised in most Indian households and you will see the curriculum clearly. He is praised when he scores well, scolded when he cries, and handed the invisible title of "future provider" somewhere around the age he stops being carried. His emotional needs are managed by being redirected. Hungry? Eat. Sad? Be strong. Angry? Go study. The feeling itself is never the point. Getting through it is.

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