Discussion is never purely factual but also about power and autonomy

Evidence

Since a discussion takes place between human beings, it is practically never exclusively about the matter at hand, but always also about being right, and often about very specific decisions with which individual interests are connected. These interests can also simply include the affirmation of one’s own autonomy, up to and including the “right to be unreasonable.” … However, being able to make a decision also entails responsibility. This can become particularly apparent if the other party is a minor himself or if one of the parties bears responsibility for (possibly even joint) children. A very similar situation, and thus a very similar responsibility, arises when a party to the discussion, even without being able to decide anything directly, is in a role model position – for example, as a prominent artist or athlete. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 258