We remain silent because silence is easier. We let other people fight their own battles. 'All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small, we think, 'That's terrible', but we do nothing.
If you want to be with an asshole, get a fresh asshole of your very own. That significant other is an asshole, and you don't want to be involved with an asshole who's used goods. This shouldn't need to be said, but it needs to be said. 'Don't flirt, have sex, or engage in emotional affairs with your friends' significant others.
'If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.' 'Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead.