Sister Wives star Kody Brown used his time on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test to share his philosophy on how men operate differently from women.
Kody opened up to Us Weekly about his ethos when it comes to gender roles.
Spoiler alert … the man with multiple wives is sexist AF:
“I am going to say this at the risk of sounding sexist,” began Kody. “I think men want to be respected and women want to be loved.”
With confidence, Cody declared, “I don’t care if you love me, but I care if you respect me.”
He gave an example of why he feels he’s earned the ‘respect’ of the trainers and his competitors, by pushing through difficult times.
“There was one time when my muscles gave out. We were supposed to be swinging across monkey bars, and I had sand on my hands, and I couldn’t cup the monkey bars. I just didn’t have the strength anymore to do it.”
Another manchild who wants respect:
Kody recalled the Directing Staff (DS) instructors trying to haze the recruits.
“I don’t even know what they call the punishment,” explained Kody. “We’re standing. I’ve been in this water, and I started to shiver. I don’t want the DS [to see] that. I don’t want them seeing any signs of weakness because they’ll play on that.”
Kody, who yearns for respect (not love), leaned into a fake wheeze to make it seem like he was hitting his limit. “When we had been just run ragged, [I was] wheezing, and it was a little bit fake.”
“I figured if they thought I was really working hard, they wouldn’t try to push me more, and I might need some energy for later. So, I’m sitting there doing press-ups, and I’m, like, wheezing.”
Kody added, “I knew that my limits physically were never reached. I had more to give physically.”
*Feel free to insert a joke about insecure, sub-par men that demand respect here!*
