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Why is it that well-meaning people fail to understand when people have issues, even emotional landmines, about certain subjects, and still keep banging on about them.

Are they simply clueless? Do they not listen? Or is it that they say things so they can hear themselves talk? What?

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As for the male/female confrontation patterns of this (and therefore victimization) I think that it's probably fair to say that this happens equally across both genders if you account for the statistical inequality already engendered in the confrontational issue.

As I said above, I agree that the behavior is exhibited by both genders, and probably in relatively similar proportions. What's different is the degree to which they have to put up with it, as men are much better equipped by both nature and nurture to shut that conversation down.