A recent tweet has sparked strong emotions online after someone asked why some men, even though they were raised by single mothers, still don’t seem to respect women. The post quickly went viral, with many users jumping in to share personal and painful experiences from their childhood.

Several people explained that just growing up with a mother doesn’t always mean a boy learns how to treat women with kindness or respect. Sometimes, the home environment itself is full of pain, confusion, or emotional damage that ends up shaping the child’s view of women and relationships.

One person responded by saying that, in many cases, it was actually the mother who ended the relationship and cut off the father. They claimed that some of these decisions were made for reasons that didn’t seem serious or fair, which left the children confused and angry. This kind of situation, they argued, can leave boys with feelings of resentment—not just toward their fathers but also toward women in general.

Another user shared a sad story about how his mother lied to him for over 20 years about who his real father was. He grew up believing his dad didn’t want anything to do with him, only to find out through an old DNA test that the man wasn’t even his father. He said his mother never told him the truth, and the betrayal stayed with him for years, deeply affecting how he saw honesty and relationships.

These personal stories show that the way a child is raised—especially in a home full of secrets or emotional wounds—can have a lasting impact on how they grow up to see the world. For some men raised by single mothers, their struggles with respecting women may be rooted in pain and confusion that was never fully healed.