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12. I didn' say you particularly are in denial, but

Reply to Craig234 (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 08:41 AM

Jun 2016

you seem a little defensive, in that you want to remind us all that it is a minority of males who are the culprits. But I guess it doesn't hurt to add that disclaimer. I hear about a few women who have never known any decent men in their lives, and might believe that all men are like that.

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