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Originally Posted by gblake
We can try to suppress comments like the high-maintenance one, or we can rob them of any power by embracing them, and by balancing them with a few reasons why men and chains are similar.
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The trouble with retaliation, in my opinion, is that it can cause more damage than it solves. We consider sexism (and many other forms of discrimination) "bad" because it demeans an entire group of people. Retaliating against one man's sexist comment by attacking men in general is very similar in effect to "retaliating" against one woman's "high-maintenanceness" by attacking women in general.