Meet the Predators (men need to learn how to recognize and fight rape culture)

[TeamsterDem]

67. Back atcha

Let me ask you a simple English comprehension question: If I say "women need x," would that not be a universal generalization? About the only time I could think of to say "women need" something would be on the order of "women need oxygen to survive," which of course doesn't warrant the effort it takes to type it since everyone needs the same. But back to the question, if I were to say that "women need x," (and presuming "x" were something not so universal as oxygen), would I not be generalizing women? Isn't that sexist? So why, then, isn't it sexism when a woman does it to a man, or when a man does it against men?

Like the old jokes comedians used to tell about how "all guys think with their dicks." No matter who told that one I always wound up slightly offended - not to any great degree, but slightly - because I'm a homo sapien and able to control my urges with no real difficulty. My dad told me he's the same way, as is my brother. So either we're the only 3 guys in the world who're like this, or odds are that we're probably quite significantly represented in our male gender.

I've had women tell me no, and I've never experienced even the slightest issue complying with her request, nor did I hold a grudge and lash out at her as though she somehow "owed" me something. As such it's offensive to be put in that category, just as it would be (and is) offensive for women to hear the stupid generalizations that are made about them. How you can conclude that it's somehow acceptable to generalize me and all men is a great mystery, the even greater one being how you then get off calling me self-righteous for noticing that I'm being stereotyped. Unreal.