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Rosetti has a strong inferiority complex and a very short temper, reacting violently and often fatally to comments that he perceives as disrespectful, and in particular to those that could challenge his own intelligence. This is often not the intended meaning of such comments. By his own admission<ref>"Bone for Tuna"</ref>, Rosetti rarely considers the possibility of a message being innocuous until after he has reacted to it, his temper having the upper hand over his reason. However, he can also think strategically and lay long-term plans which are fuelled just as well by his capacity to hold a grudge for a long time.
[[File:BE-3.7-Rosetti-Easter.jpg|thumb|Gyp is berated by his wife, [[Giaconda Rosetti]].]]In contrast to the tyranical, combative behaviour he displays with men, Rosetti melts in the presence of the domineering women in his family<ref>"[[Sunday Best]]"</ref> and can be kind to a point to [[Roberta|other]] [[Gillian|females]], [[Paper Boy|children]] and [[Regina (Dog)|animals]]. Rosetti is not faithful to his wife however, and is in fact sexually attracted to a completely different ideal of women: pale, thin and red-headed.<ref>"[[Bone for Tuna]]", "[[Blue Bell Boy]]"</ref> He enjoys auto-erotic asphyxiation in the form applied by a belt to his neck, either tied to the bedpost or on the hands of a woman, implying that he does get aroused by being dominated by women, after all.<ref>"[[You'd Be Surprised]]"</ref>
While raised Catholic and remaining a believer in his own bizarre way, Gyp's view of religion is loose and self-serving, at one point even berating Jesus Christ while in Church during [[Easter Sunday]], punching a priest on the face and stealing "from God" in the form of the Church's plate in order to punish ''Heavens'' for letting his illegal business languish as a result of his own failures as a gangster.<ref>"Sunday Best"</ref>
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Prior to his war with [[Nucky Thompson]], Rosetti controlled 20 blocks in [[Manhattan]]'s South Side including speakeasies and brothels. Many of these were lost to other gangs during the time Gyp and most of his manpower camped in [[Tabor Heights]], [[New Jersey]] to force Nucky into selling and then stealing his alcohol by cutting his trade route to [[Arnold Rothstein]]. While largely autonomous, Rosetti is dependent on and pays a cut to the head of [[New York]]'s Sicilian mafia, [[Joe Masseria]], who, after noticing his losses, almost had Gyp killed for being uncontrollable. Gyp convinced Masseria, however, to provide him with the extra material and manpower to establish his own alcohol importing operation in [[New Jersey]], and to wage war directly on Nucky Thompson's turf in [[Atlantic City]]. Masseria is the only man in whose company Rosetti behaves humbly, even fearful at times.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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