Comment Re:#notallgeekyguys (Score 5, Interesting) 1198
"Why is it not helpful to say 'not all men are like that'? For lots of reasons. For one, women know this.
Most women probably do, though there are handful of misandrist dingbats out there. It would be useful for women who are not misandrist dingbats to disassociate themselves from that group. You don't get points for making prejudiced statements about Group X and then saying "Oh, I know not all members of Group X are like that."
And men know that rape is wrong, except for a vile handful of predators who are not going to change because of some internet discussion. It would be useful for men who are not vile predators to disassociate themselves from that group.
(I am assuming all present are familiar with and will not fall into the fallacy of the extended analogy, and will not think I am saying that misandrist statements are comparable to rape.)
Women, if you want to end the phenomenon of men saying "Not all men are misogynist," don't make statements that imply all men are misogynist.
Men, if you want to end the phenomenon of women saying "All men are misogynist," don't make statements that imply you are misogynist.
All, if you don't want people to respond defensively, don't makes statements that imply you are attacking them.