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Random Boomer

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6. #notallmen is so predictable
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 09:14 AM
Mar 2021

I've been a member of an online community for over a decade now, with a decided left-leaning membership. But every single time the women on the board started talking in depth about how we cope with the spectre of male violence or the constant barrage of sexual aggression from men, "some" men jumped into the discussion to make it all about their hurt feelings because they don't do these things. Or how hurtful it is that women in the street avoid them out of fear when they're "not that guy."

Every. Single. Time. So yeah, not all men change the conversation to be about them, but enough do it that we eventually just stopped having those conversations. Which was rather the point of the derailments by those men "who aren't that guy".

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K&R. n/t ms liberty Mar 2021 #1
And it's not just about the street.... zentrum Mar 2021 #2
KNR. niyad Mar 2021 #3
I raised four daughters born in the 1960's. BarbD Mar 2021 #4
Kicked and Recommended. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2021 #5
haha ancianita Mar 2021 #10
I doubt I'm clever enough to do whatever you thought I was doing. I was just remembering... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2021 #16
Yup. ancianita Mar 2021 #17
Whew. Now I'm just happy to be on the same page as one of the cool people here. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2021 #20
#notallmen is so predictable Random Boomer Mar 2021 #6
#notallmen is the equivalent of #alllivesmatter flibbitygiblets Mar 2021 #7
In the defense of men by a woman - if it's allowed in this group NH Ethylene Mar 2021 #8
"All men as the enemy" ancianita Mar 2021 #12
That is very thought provoking. NH Ethylene Mar 2021 #15
When having a discussion about whites or Christians I feel no need to state not me. LizBeth Mar 2021 #13
The issue for me is this Soph0571 Mar 2021 #18
You make good points. NH Ethylene Mar 2021 #23
It will take a massive realignment of our teaching curriculum to combat this disease. cayugafalls Mar 2021 #9
Back when I taught "women's literature," we tackled this need for realignment at the classroom level ancianita Mar 2021 #14
I had an Emily Litella moment with the title ybbor Mar 2021 #11
Please know we appreciate you Soph0571 Mar 2021 #19
As a transitioning woman vercetti2021 Mar 2021 #21
The worst adjusted people in my family are women Habitation Mar 2021 #22
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