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Bonus Ep 2: Why are women expected to keep men’s secrets?
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Bonus Ep 2: Why are women expected to keep men’s secrets?

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About the Bonus Episode 2

When I did a callout for your family secrets for episode two of So We’ve Been Told, I got MANY from women sharing secrets about the men in their family they were expected to keep.

One woman wrote to me and said: “My uncle in India has another kid from another woman even though he’s married and has a family.” Another wrote in and said “I was asked to keep my father’s suicide secret. I was asked to pretend that he had a heart attack.” I’ve heard from community members who shared that they have to keep abusive dynamics in marriage to men secretive because “its not so bad.”

So why are women in charge of keeping the secrets of the men in their lives?

Keep reading/listening for more on this trend, how culture informs this expectation, and hear from a community member on a cousin marrying outside of the community and…disappearing.

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