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To have lost faith in men

284 replies

nondrinker1985 · 01/02/2026 19:20

As a result of all the Epstein stuff. Having been a victim of a sexual assault as a young child then in my teens and twenties I had a sense of what men were like but my DH is a good man.

Literally everyone is involved in this Epstein stuff- anyone with power. So this makes them exploit young women? It’s sickening - it’s heartbreaking for the young girls who are victims of these men.

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NovemberMorn · 06/02/2026 19:49

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 06/02/2026 19:37

I don’t know if I pity or envy you for being so naive. I can’t decide.

Whereas, I won't give you a second thought when I log off in a couple of minutes.
You carry on being mistrustful and fearful of most, the majority, or all men....I will carry on as always, treating men as human beings, who's aim in life is not to rape, plunder and pillage every woman they come in contact with.

Bye. x

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 06/02/2026 19:54

NovemberMorn · 06/02/2026 19:49

Whereas, I won't give you a second thought when I log off in a couple of minutes.
You carry on being mistrustful and fearful of most, the majority, or all men....I will carry on as always, treating men as human beings, who's aim in life is not to rape, plunder and pillage every woman they come in contact with.

Bye. x

Aware of the harm that men are capable of (which they don’t give advanced notice of, despite being all
nice to begin with), more so than women, backed up by crime statistics. Fixed it for you.

Good, I don’t think my toes could’ve taken much more 👋.

The13thFairy · 07/02/2026 08:34

MarjorieWestriding · 04/02/2026 18:17

I had a male friend who I thought I knew well and we were friends for 40 years. Eventually, he showed himself to be a condescending misogynist. I saw the way he behaved when he split up with his wife, how horrible he was to her, and how he immediately went chasing after women. It was painful to see. You never know who someone is till they show you their true selves.

You never know the man you're married to until you tell him you want a divorce.

Whocares63 · 09/02/2026 15:09

Today's news. Yet another toddlers abused by a male nursery worker again .

Carla786 · 11/02/2026 06:25

Whocares63 · 09/02/2026 15:09

Today's news. Yet another toddlers abused by a male nursery worker again .

When will this stop??? We need to stop risking children's safety to pander to men.

In the meantime, parents should take matters into their own hands as far as possible & boycott nurseries with male workers.

Whocares63 · 11/02/2026 07:42

Carla786 · 11/02/2026 06:25

When will this stop??? We need to stop risking children's safety to pander to men.

In the meantime, parents should take matters into their own hands as far as possible & boycott nurseries with male workers.

Yes I agree.

YourBrickTiger · 17/02/2026 11:03

nondrinker1985 · 01/02/2026 19:20

As a result of all the Epstein stuff. Having been a victim of a sexual assault as a young child then in my teens and twenties I had a sense of what men were like but my DH is a good man.

Literally everyone is involved in this Epstein stuff- anyone with power. So this makes them exploit young women? It’s sickening - it’s heartbreaking for the young girls who are victims of these men.

I'm with you. Me too. For the longest time now I have felt that the majority of men only have an interest in women up to a certain age. I can't be convinced that they don't secretly want a hot younger woman (not a child obviously) but when someone goes to the bother of posting online that the scandal should not be used to illustrate how all men think of women, you know it's out there. Unless you're thin, hot and of a certain age, you're doomed it seems.

NovemberMorn · 17/02/2026 13:09

YourBrickTiger · 17/02/2026 11:03

I'm with you. Me too. For the longest time now I have felt that the majority of men only have an interest in women up to a certain age. I can't be convinced that they don't secretly want a hot younger woman (not a child obviously) but when someone goes to the bother of posting online that the scandal should not be used to illustrate how all men think of women, you know it's out there. Unless you're thin, hot and of a certain age, you're doomed it seems.

When I returned to work in my 40's, I had more offers from men, from all ages, than I ever had in my teens and 20's.
Maybe maturity, confidence, and God knows what else, attracted men, but it proves to me that many men appreciate older women rather than younger, thinner, (not always fitter) females.

NovemberMorn · 17/02/2026 13:12

The men in the Epstein case were seedy perverts, of course they went after young girls, the power they had over them must have boosted their libido, that's what men who can't handle real women get off on.

To compare all, most, the majority of men with scum like them is doing neither sex any favours.

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