Manipulative—because she left out that he begged for her forgiveness? Why shouldn’t she leave that out? Why do men always think they should be forgiven? That they only have to ask? Maybe what he thinks is relevant is not what her daughter and she and millions of other girls and women think is relevant. So he begged for forgiveness—so what? That makes it all right? And now he’s trying to discredit their daughter—don’t believe everything she says—because that’s how he sees the world, through his male bias.

