I think the men who complain about this will admit that, no, no one ever said ALL MEN. They just don't want to hear about it or think about it. What is so hard to understand about that? Calm down. You're being hysterical. LOL

Well said.

How many men do you know who have been accused of rape?

Because EVERY SINGLE woman I know has been sexually assaulted.

I've had men tell me before even meeting me for the first date that they wouldn't show up if I couldn't guarantee we'd have sex.

Did you miss the part where male violence IS incredibly common? And where we DO have a culture that permits and encourages and normalizes male violence and sexual degradation of women? BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

Are there women out there that haven't experienced any of these things? Are they nuns?

Yup. Too many reasons, including this one: overheard by my boyfriend in the male locker rooms of his gym, some men discussing a young female gym-goer who was wearing fitness leggings (I repeat, fitness leggings).

"Did you see that girl? She was asking to be raped."

Doesn't quite match up I'm afraid.

Great post. As a woman, I'm not going to #notallmen you because you're angry for the right reasons, I think.

Bullshit and you know it. But good job victimizing yourself based on nothing. You do realize we have fathers, son's, husbands, male friends and brothers right? We fucking know that not all men are sexual predators, I mean shit.

Don't feed the trolls! We have to have at least ONE discourse not derailed by men who would rather defend their gender than be a part of the solution.

He was mad simply because a men's only gym would be seen as discriminatory. Life is so unfair for men!

"The scary thing is how well predators can hide themselves amongst men."

I really hate the "not all men" argument. I am a man and I don't like generalizations, but to focus on that generalization when people are talking about what just "some" (far too many) men do is nothing more than a straw man.

UGH, why does he even care?! It's not like "women only" gyms are nicer than co-ed ones, for fuck's sake.

This is how I put it to my male officemates last year, when a member of the custodial staff had started making a habit of cornering female grad students who were working late/alone. "He's harmless! Have you ever talked to him? He's a funny guy!"

If all it takes is one, why isn't everyone terrified of women?

Dear #NotAllMen,

And it's comments like yours that highlight that men need feminism, too. My friend tagged me in this picture on Facebook awhile ago, just reposting it.

I am furious right there with you girl. And here is why. I don't want to be afraid of men. I don't want to think that anytime I walk past a man and I am alone I need to be on the defensive. I don't want to cringe when I am out for a jog and a car pulls up on the side of the road to park and all I can think about…