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There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.

— Harry Burns ‧ When Harry Met Sally...

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The speaker reduces women to two categories defined by how much effort they supposedly require. The maintenance metaphor treats relationships like upkeep, making the classification sound practical while exposing how little space it leaves for individual personalities or differences within a person.

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