There are a LOT of really shit men, and the harm they do to women and children is immense. I have become so disillusioned by men, the truly grotesque horrors they inflict on others is utterly sickening.
For all those stampeding to this post to yell NAMALT: there is good evidence that 30% of men in so-called civilised Western countries will rape a woman if they think they can get away with. That is ONE IN THREE men. And of the remaining 70%, many will partake in rape if everyone is doing it around them. And the vast majority of the ones who don't rape won't do anything to stop other men from raping. Look at My Lai. Look at Afghanistan and the Congo and Sudan. Look at the fact that marital rape wasn't illegal in the UK until 1991. Look at Epstein, Pelicot, R Kelly, Saville, Larry Nassar, Barry Bennell, Weinstein, Trump. Male sexual violence is not random or limited to a few rotten apples - it is endemic, highly prevalent, and it follows power, impunity, and acceptance, tolerance, or indifference from other men.
It is because of the many rapists, wannabe rapists, male enablers, and male apologists in our society that rape is essentially decriminalised in the UK. 68000 rapes are reported to the police annually. Of these, only 2% of the perpetrators are charged, and only half of those actually spend any time in jail. So only one in 100 women who reported a rape in the UK will actually see some justice. And btw, only 20% of rapes are reported, because every woman knows that she will be retraumatised 10 fold by the process of trying to bring the bastard to justice.
And that's grown women. You want to know what men do to children, to innocent small trusting children? I invite you to read the following and especially check out the graph showing the age distribution of sexual assault victims, which is based on US Dept of Justice data: it shows that of 1000 sexual-assault victims, 100 are children below the age of 5 years. So, 10% are babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. And btw, those are only the cases that were reported.
https://historyofwomen.substack.com/p/theres-only-one-reason-youre-shocked
There are MOUNTAINS of more such horrendous data, including in the UK.
And then there are also all my own experiences. All those people on this thread saying that OP must be the common denominator to her bad experiences should be fucking ashamed of themselves. I did NOTHING to invite all the shit and sometimes TERRIFYING experiences I have endured at the hands of men in the street, while jogging, while driving my car, while at school, while at university, while at work. How about when I was putting oil into my overheated bomb of a car on a deserted highway and a fucking bastard came out of his car to tell me how he likes blonds, and then he tried to grab me as I put down the bonnet: the only reason I wasn't raped or possibly also killed was because I had been on high alert from the moment he pulled over and the second he grabbed my arm I punched him in the throat and as he reeled back I pushed him with both hands into a ditch. I drove off with my car door open and only closed it minutes later, when the shaking in my entire body had subsided enough for me to dare to let go of the steering wheel.
And all of you defending your apparently pristine Nigels, I suggest you work as a bartender in a pub or club and listen to what perfectly ordinary and innocuous looking men say to each other about women and see how they behave to women. When I was a bartender, it was VERY common to see groups of nice-looking well-dressed blokes with their partners and then when the women had gone to the loo or dance floor, to hear those very same men saying the foulest most vile shit things about women.
I don't trust men at all anymore.