"Boys will be boys" should be used in the context that little boys are competitive and sometimes that competitive spirit gets the best of them. It's meant to apply to little kids where parents and educators realize that you don't want to discourage the competitive spirit and mistakes will be made while boys are still learning to control their competitive and aggressive impulses. It's typically used when boys are playing amongst themselves - think a game of hockey or basketball or tag or grounders that ends in boys losing their temper.
Sometimes you can apply it to teens that are trying to question the boundaries of authority, which again makes sense because you don't want men that blindly follow authority and the status quo. And sometimes while questioning authority make mistakes because they're learning where those boundaries are. So when boys get into arguments with coaches, teachers, principals, dad's, etc...everyone realized that "boys will be boys" and it's a part of growing up and these are teachable moments.
"Boys will be boys" not supposed to be used to condone rape culture or being an ashhole.
It's not meant to normalize toxic behaviors and attitudes.
It's not meant to apply to men.
It's not meant to normalize ######bag behavior by bro's and jocks.
It applies to boys who are learning social skills.
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
The fact Gullfoss is not banned for life on here is such an embarrassment. Just a joke.
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