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Jesse Phillips

My wife and I had a good discussion on why this comment is problematic.

Women have had a history where it was socially and expected behavior to mistreat women. In order to establish an equality of treatment women need to go beyond replicating the way they were/are treated. Allowing to establish the proper middle ground.

Let me explain this at a higher level view. If society has women who behave in the way they feel they and others are treated, it provides a means for society to reflect on how that behavior has been accepted in other situations and discuss.

This does not make that woman a good person, but it can be an important person to the larger progress of society.


What does this have to do with your comment being a problem? Nothing.

Let me know if I'm wrong, but I think the real question being asked is, "why is your advice only being directed to women and not everyone who is not feeling like they are being heard whether the be male, female, or null"

If I translated this well, aside from not directly asking this, it misses the social pressures which are placed on women (including within some families). These people may not be of the opinion that they aren't being heard or that there is anything wrong with the treatment they received (freedom exposed a lot of injustices in older society). However these people would classify themselves as women/girls. (I think I've answered my question of a previous article.)