[craigmc]

Perhaps because one (an individual's fashion sense) is entirely subjective (and ultimately fairly trivial) and the other is not.

Anyway, my main point was that introducing the existence of another perceived injustice is completely irrelevant to whether a wrong was perpetuated in this case.

Or are you suggesting that the underlying premise of the initial comment was not: "man up love, you lot are just as bad"?

[MatthewPhillips]

I'm suggesting that insulting someone (male or female) on their supposed lack of intellect in regards to (what is perceived to be) a masculine interest is taken different than insulting someone on their supposed lack of intellect in regards to (what is perceived to be) a feminine interest. Cultural we perceive these masculine interests to be of greater importance (both male and female).