"Not all men” replies are ridiculous

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Generalisations exist for a reason. There's no need to point out that there are exceptions. When you want to highlight that your comment's universal, you say "All children", for instance. Generalising to "Children" implies "Children in general, for the most part, usually".

Everybody knows this. So there's no need to specify "NOT ALL MEN" each and every time anyone makes a general observation about men, goddamit!

You don't say "Not all dogs [have four legs]" or "Not all ice-cream [is cold]".

Having a penis doesn't make you especially vulnerable to generalisations. So grow up, please, and accept that YOU or your DH are not "all men" - general comments aren't intended to single you out. And if you feel like they are, you're a bit thick, not to mention narcissistic.

Not all men but if I gave you a box of 10 malteasers and told you one was actually made out of poo, you’d be wary of them all 😆

But the comment ISN'T universal, which is why it's reasonable to say 'not all...'

The 'not my Nigel' comments are a bit unnecessary. Obviously it's not all men. But it's nearly always men.

I think you've got it a bit wrong OP. People say 'not all men', not to highlight the 'exception' but the 'rule', which is that the vast, vast majority of men are decent.
You obviously disagree and that's fine.

Lol are you newly married?

Not all not all men replies are ridiculous.

Hard agree

The vast majority and yet

90+ % of violent crimes are men
90+% of sexual crimes are men
most women in the world do not have equal rights

so we don’t need to hear about your experiences of the good ones. We know it’s not ALL of them but it’s usually one of them. Dave from Knightsbridge and his mates isn’t a worldwide example

This. The problem with the 'men are...' statements is that it suggests that it applies to the majority, when in fact it is absolutely a minority.

Not all men, no…but nearly always men.

Lol. Married over 30 years.

I think there's a little team who get alerts when anyone says 'men...' so they can rush to the thread drop the NAMALT and trot off again. If they hit their targets they get promoted and are allowed to say 'the misandry on here is disgusting' to mix it up a bit.

Mic drop. No notes.

These people are tiresome and have this need to centre themselves even if they have nothing important or value to say, but just always need to be heard.
They are the type of people who would walk into a support group for alcoholics to declare they don't need support because they don't drink 🤭.

It's a fair few of them. Otherwise there's one very busy arsehole.

Well if you want to play Russian roulette…

Generalisations exist for bigots.

😂 Disagree, but I like your semantics!

Oh, how true!

Amen sister ✊

Not all generalisations ...

Yes!! I heard a ‘all women love shopping and a spa day’ from a woman!! She is a bigot though…

I can't work out is this is knowingly meta or unconsciously ironic... 🤔

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POINT MISSED rather spectacularly.

Your quote says "All women" which is demonstrably untrue. I loathe spa days, but am happy to agree that "Women love spa days".

See the difference? If not, I refer you to my a bit thick remark ...