How the Media Makes Men Look Stupid

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17. Nope. You can't even know what the bet was, because I told no one. It was a mental bet.

Because the world is not black and white. In the real world, most men and women are not adversaries. There are quite often mitigating circumstances in disagreements. Some others find out and know about and some we don't.
I have met a few women in real life that would fit in quit well with DU's HoF. They were soon ostracized by everyone else in the group, men as well as women, as being too caustic and dividing. These women blamed their problems on men, usually their ex. Denigrated their ex constantly and more subtlety, men in general. The reality was, they were not very likable people, which fed back to support their warped world view, when they didn't get the sympathy they expected.

And I don't see most things in black and white. Those that see the world in black and white sometimes think I am inconsistent. No, because most things are not either/or, but really are various shades of grey somewhere in between the extremes.
I even taught my children to try to see their differences from the other person's point of view. Understanding the other view point, is not necessarily accepting the other's view point. But properly understanding is paramount to solving problems. Adversarial mind sets quite often do not solve anything. That's what wars are for. Right or wrong, beat your opponent into the ground, correct?