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For me, growing up, my dad was always big on us fighting back. He taught us to kick boys "where it counts" in case they harassed us and other "self defense" techniques. But I think that only taught us that violence was the answer to our problems when things didn't go our way. My dad's self defense techniques backfired on him when us girls started using them on eachother. My sisters and I had SERIOUS fights over really stupid stuff. I personally was responsible for a broken leg, a few black eyes, a split chin that required stitches, and a broken leg. These are just the things I remember doing and I know my sisters did other things to eachother and to me too (my ribs got really badly bruised and knocked out of alignment thanks to a karate style kick to the chest during one fight my senior year in high school). It was almost like growing up with three brothers instead of three sisters at times. Even now I notice that my first reaction is to be physical when I get upset about...

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