Hypersensitive or just sensitive?
As in, aware of stuff you might not be?
It's possible to have blind spots with regards to character dynamics without being sexist/evil/mean--just look up gender bias in the classroom. Inequalities of all types can be so culturally ingrained that they are invisible. Nice/good people can be "programmed" with expectations and feel really uncomfortable/unhappy when those expectations are fiddled with.
Point is, no matter if you are a male or female, you may not see it and you may not wish to see it. Try talking about it without shutting her down or denying her outright.
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