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I'm saying that they often get excused with an explanation like "many women have XYZ experience which leads them to making LMNO inferences about men." And if anyone has the audacity to say "well I'm a man, and I'm not like that," then they're flamed even harder. There's even a hashtag for it. People will hit that dude with a bitingly sarcastic "#notallmen"

And yet when the roles are reversed and someone says "many men have XYZ experience which leads them to making LMNO inferences about women," suddenly that's painting with broad strokes and making uncouth generalizations. But nobody can make a sarcastic "#notallwomen" to justify it when faced with pushback.

So yeah, as long as the double-standard exists, then I'll continue to deconstruct it. I can't force the world to stop making harmful generalizations about men, but I can revoke the respect that I previously offered that went unreciprocated.

If that makes me a hypocrite, then what does that say about the people who created and reinforced the double-standard to begin with, even when I respectfully pushed back on it, and who will defend it to the bitter end no matter what I say or do?

I'm willing to call a truce whenever the rest of the world is ready, but not if I'm the only one standing in the negotiation field while shells continue to fall around me.