āNot All Menā
I hate when people say ānot all men,ā because obviously we know that it would be a terrible generalization of a very diverse demographic that takes up half of the worldās population. But all women are terrible drivers, all women know how to cook and clean, all women are emotional, all women are physically weaker. But of course ānot all men.ā
Its ānot all men,ā so when a man sees woman calling other men out for disturbing behavior, he only needs to remember ānot all men.ā Of course, *he* isnāt one of them. Even if he does catcall the occasional hottie, keeps pestering a woman until she finally gives her number only to be disappointed because she ātyped it in wrong,ā waits until a women is drunk before convincing her to come back to his place, interrupts his woman colleges or superior because āhe knows better.ā But not all men, so he doesnāt have to worry about it, heās not like that. Heās one of the good ones.
āNot all menā help to make men secure in the knowledge that it ācouldnāt be himā because heās never saād a woman before.
And mayybbbeee (BIG ASS MAYBE, ALL MEN ALWAYS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PROBLEM, JUST BY BEING MEN IN A PATRIARCHAL WORLD) it might be ānot all men,ā but it *is* EVERY woman. Even if not all woman have been physically assaulted, EVERY woman has been victimized by rape culture, or by āboys being boys,ā or by being told at 5 years old to ācover upā because theyāre wearing a tank top, or by the āhe bullies you because he likes youā mindset setting them up later for learning that abuse means love. Every woman has had at least one experience like this. EVERY WOMAN HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF MEN, EVEN IF āNOT ALL MENā HAVE MADE A WOMAN ONE.
