Doling out punishment in the same form of the offense is never going to send a clear message, though. It only tells them that there are circumstances under which that kind of behavior is acceptable. In that way, one could easily argue that hypocrisy is all about who has more power than who's really in the right.

[ She looks him over then, realizing — ]

Which might not bother you if you have enough power not to worry about being right.