Help. My Father is a Misogynist

By: Te-Erika Patterson

Dear Te-Erika,

I live with my 68 year old father who is a lifelong diehard misogynist and I am constantly put down or ‘put in my place’ as my father calls it and I feel that I cant bring a man into my life because my father would just ruin any attempts I make at leading the relationship. Help?

~T

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Dear T,

I must share this cold truth with you: Your father is a liar. None of the things he says about you or women are true. He only behaves that way because he does not know how to be a better man. I would not be angry with him, I would feel sorry for him. He has not experienced the love of a Powerful Woman and his heart is disturbed by it.

The only way to change your situation is to get out of your father’s house. Every Powerful Woman should experience the bliss of running her own household. Break out and establish your independence right away. You are in an abusive situation and even if it is your father, it’s not right. You have every right to place some distance between you even though you still love him.

If for some reason you are dependent on your father for financial assistance, girl, get yourself together. The root of a Powerful Woman is her ability to sustain herself. Go read SHE WANTS, my Loving FLR Guidebook for Women and get yourself right. People will abuse you if they know that you will not do anything to stop it and you can’t do anything if you desperately need their help. Stand up and walk in your power. You can take care of yourself.

Perhaps your father is elderly and depends on you to care for him. In this case it is time to have a talk with him – firmly. Tell him that you love him and you always will BUT when he speaks to you as though you are inferior you do not like it and you will not tolerate it any longer. Don’t abuse him. Don’t desert him. Tell him that you will make arrangements for someone else to care for him if he cannot show respect for you and stop degrading you. If he continues, go and make arrangements for him. This isn’t an idle threat, this is the truth.

I know this is your father. I know that this is the LAST person you want to stand up to, but he should have been the FIRST person to empower you by teaching you of your value and he did not do that. That’s okay. You learned about your power anyway. Now it’s time to walk in your power and the NEXT thing you need to do is to tell your father you will not tolerate his disrespectful behavior any longer.

The moment you get the courage to stand up to HIM, will be the beginning of your power with ALL MEN. If you can correct your father then you will be able to correct all men who cross your path and every man craves your correction.

You can do this, T. I believe in you.

Love,
Te-Erika

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