I know I've only been here since November but I've never seen anyone say "all men are rapists"

[Squinch]

74. If you REALLY want to understand what the problem is between

men and women at DU, this thread is a start, but you'll have to watch some more.

As you say, the sentiment behind using the phrase is perfectly reasonable. It is a way of teaching women to keep themselves safe because our impressions of people are not always correct.

Now that you see the reasonableness, wait and watch for a while. I guarantee you that there will be another thread within a month, accusing "a certain handful of feminists on DU" of saying that all men are rapists. It will be the same names making the same tired comments, the same "don't tell me what you meant, you accused me of being a rapist!" and the same accusations hurled at those women for doing something they never did. There will be the same outrage, the same high-fiving about their collective cleverness in catching the feminists up in their own words - words which were never said.

I agree with you: you woud think all the men and women- don't forget that it is often women who are being willfully obtuse on this subject - would be on board with this. But many insist, in thread after thread, that they are not.

Edited multiple times because it is early and because I suck at proofreading.