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by weberc2 2819 days ago
Right. Was she asked to leave so someone more deserving (who happened to be a man) could take her place, or was she asked to leave so a man (who happened to be more deserving) could take her place? It seems like someone went out of their way to make the phrasing unusually ambiguous, as though they wanted to make an accusation of sexism but with plausible deniability in case they get called out (motte & bailey fallacy?).
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Are you referring to my comment? My comment involves a man being told that.
No, I was referring to the original comment or comments of this form generally.