I had an incident, that while having absolutely nothing to do with men's issues made a good point.
I was discussing canine freestyle with the woman who started the sport in the US. She asked what i did with my dog, and I said I did a lot of jumping in my routine. She asked how many jumps, and I started thinking of all the variations of jumping styles I did-over the leg, over my back, vaulting, through a loop made by my arm and leg, through my arms, etc. Before i could say anything, she said "let me guess. You have one, maybe two jumps. You do these a bunch of times in your routine, everyone applauds, and you think you're great." Trust me, I remember every word.
All I could could say was "Ouch."
I said nothing else.
The next day she apologized. She told me had I gotten defensive, she would have ripped me apart. But what i said made her realize that she was being mean spirited and had hurt me without provocation.
I think that sometimes a very minamalist "ouch" goes a long way.
