The dove's gentle, conflict-averse nature is no match for the shrew's relentless anxiety and sharp tongue — what the dove offers as calm, the shrew reads as passivity. The shrew's perpetual buzzing energy leaves the dove retreating further into diplomatic silence, which only cranks the shrew's frustration higher. These two bring out each other's worst tendencies: one becomes a doormat, the other a tyrant.
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