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Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 2, 2025

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

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I appreciate the well thought through feedback. I think it adds a lot to the discussion of the topic.

But women can both love and hate their friends, bicker about them in front of some mutual acquaintances and stand up for them in front of others.

May I request you go into more detail here? A lot of men would see this kind of behavior, in a male group, as sowing dissent and/or destabilizing the group. This could prove fatal in a situation in which group cohesion is necessary (i.e. some sort of intergroup violence). Thus, "talking shit" in male groups is dealt with severely.

Why is this not the same in female groups? Genuine question, not trying to lead anywhere.