An underrated dynamic in the gender wars is that not all conversational tactics are open to everybody. In particular, tactics men constantly use on each other, and laugh off, are seen as crushingly emasculating and humiliating when used by women on men.
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It’s a fine balancing act between being aware of differences and modulating behavior in response and essentializing the differences to draw ridiculously caricatured conclusions. Unfortunately most people who recognize the differences tend to exaggerate them into caricature.
