What is the perfect way to respond to an insult/confrontation?

[Diana]

The trickier ones are from females, female can "mask" very well and play victim better than men. Sometimes, they won't confront you directly and coward behind other negative folks and cheer them on as a "supporting" role. When face with this one, just look at them and smile and let them know through your gaze that you see their petty behavior.

Dude, I can't let you get away with this.

While I understand that there may be some truth to this concept, considering that females have been subjugated for centuries and developed ways to deal with that, I would prefer to view this idea in a different way.

Within the context of unenlightened females who might act in this manner, are the unenlightened males who respond to it and act in their own unenlightened ways. In other words, people IN GENERAL are who we might be referring to, who are still operating from those levels. So let's talk about that, instead of labeling with female/male. Not to mention that pigeonholing and blanket statements are not truthful as life is too dynamic, personalities are too dynamic in nature. A male could be good at masking. A female might not discern it. There are many males with victim mindsets, and so on. So let's please try to avoid such pigeonholing here in this community.