https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ironshrink/201403/why-men-feel-outmatched-during-arguments-women

One thing I've learned in brief, relationship-like encounters with women is that, if they're being unreasonable, it is never productive to argue with them. My reasoning for this has been that she is likely arguing with you because she likes conflict since it makes her feel like she's being heard. In her book Daring Greatly, Brené Brown confirms that she sees this pattern among women: they'll nag because they feel like they're not being heard, and men, who hate being henpecked, will either get pissed off or just shut down, where they retreat from the argument and refuse to respond. Even Brown herself admits to using this tactic:

When I talk to couples, I can see how shame creates one of the dynamics most lethal to a relationship. Women, who feel shame when they don’t feel heard or validated, often resort to pushing and provoking with criticism (“ Why don’t you ever do enough?” or “You never get it right”). Men, in turn, who feel shame when they feel criticized for being inadequate, either shut down (leading women to poke and provoke more) or come back with anger. For the first few years of our marriage, Steve and I fell into this pattern. I remember one argument when we were both angry beyond belief. After ten minutes of endless chiding on my part, he turned to me and said, “Leave me alone for twenty minutes. I’m done. I won’t do this anymore.” When he shut and locked the door, I got so mad that I actually banged on the door and said, “Get back out here and fight with me.”

What's funny about this is Brown doesn't consider that maybe men use this tactic because it works. Did you notice how shutting down was the only way he could get the alone time he wanted? Did you notice how, if he engaged her nagging, she still wouldn't have had the respect to give him time to calm down?

I've noticed even in my personal life that if you refuse to acknowledge her attempt to quarrel with you, you take away the satisfaction she may derive and as a result she'll quit arguing and even apologize.

Well, in this Psychology Today article, the author unwittingly gives another reason for refusing to argue with women: they're just better at it.

As one man put it in my new book, “When we have an argument it’s like I’m playing one-on-one against LeBron James. Why do [women] have to win every argument?”

Of course, he tries to spin this as women being more emotionally attuned to relationship patterns than men while conveniently ignoring the fact that 1) women often bring up things that are totally irrelevant to the pattern in question (as some commenters pointed out), and 2) women often will resort to personal attacks in an attempt to get their way. He also starts from the implicit assumption that a woman's communication style is inherently superior even when it insults or upsets her partner.

But all of this is to make the point: why bother? They've had more practice at arguing about trivial shit, the exercise is unproductive by their own design, and you're designed to lose. And if it gets so heated that you both raise our voices, guess who society is siding with? Guess who can be thrown in jail because the other party said they felt unsafe? Guess who's most vulnerable to false DV charges? The game is rigged, gentlemen. The only winning move is not to play.