Opinion of parents forbidding their teenage sons from having female friends

[darklordoftech]

From when I was 13 to when I was 18, my mother forbade me from having female friends. Is this a freedom rule or a horrible rule?

[darklordoftech]

From when I was 13 to when I was 18, my mother forbade me from having female friends. Is this a freedom rule or a horrible rule?

If you don't mind, is your mother muslim? They typically rule it!

Nope, she's a secular Jew.

[darklordoftech]

From when I was 13 to when I was 18, my mother forbade me from having female friends. Is this a freedom rule or a horrible rule?

If you don't mind, is your mother muslim? They typically rule it!

Frank Lautenberg is probably the politician that best represents my mom's views.

[darklordoftech]

Was she on your shoulder 24/7?

Yes. I wasn't allowed anywhere without being supervised by her or someone who would talk to her.

[darklordoftech]

From when I was 13 to when I was 18, my mother forbade me from having female friends. Is this a freedom rule or a horrible rule?

If you don't mind, is your mother muslim? They typically rule it!

Nope, she's a secular Jew.

Was it Shiksa girls your mum was mainly worried about?

Nope. She just thought I would say the wrong thing to a girl and that the resulting fallout would cause me to commit suicide. She used stories about "cyberbullying" to justify her actions.

[darklordoftech]

From when I was 13 to when I was 18, my mother forbade me from having female friends. Is this a freedom rule or a horrible rule?

If you don't mind, is your mother muslim? They typically rule it!

Nope, she's a secular Jew.

Was it Shiksa girls your mum was mainly worried about?

Nope. She just thought I would say the wrong thing to a girl and that the resulting fallout would cause me to commit suicide. She used stories about "cyberbullying" to justify her actions.

Out of interest, have you spoken to a woman at any point since you turned 18, and how did it go?

Yes, and it's gone well.

[darklordoftech]

What's interesting is that my mom's justification for her rule was "girls gossip a lot, spread rumors, are liars, are mean, are bullies", etc., but when similar things were said about Hillary Clinton, my mom called it out as being sexist.