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I've had a lot of men complain to me about the post I made about Men's Loneliness. I can understand feeling marginalized, all women can. Now translate that into how women are made to feel every time they post or say anything for thousands of years. We are still fighting for basic rights, to get paid the same, to be recognized. We are in a society where 1 in 4 of us will be sexually assaulted. You might start understanding why so many of us are angry, and have every right to be, when, for instance, someone says, Loneliness is an issue for women too, and you act like you're being attacked. It isn't out of left field to say that many women take up extra emotional labor in relationships. It feels very strange when men keep complaining to me about getting their feelings hurt in a society they both created and continue to use to oppress women. We understand that it's not every man, but it's still way too many. If you're a kind and fair man, the post was never about you, I love all the kind and supportive men I've met here, but I shouldn't need to put #NotAllMen on every post.

Mike

@RickiTarr
You are right of course and you might not feel as though you need to use a disclaimer but it would help more than it would hurt.

@mfennvt @RickiTarr
Catering to, I think, may be the wrong term. How about ego massaging. Plus I never said it was rational, but I do believe most PEOPLE when they FEEL they are being ostracized and/or demonized will act defensively, whether rational or not.

@MikeBon That's an even worse term. Why should women be responsible for massaging anything on a man? Fuck that. If the post isn't about you, put on your big boy pants and chill out. It's really pretty simple. If you take offense, that's on you. The OP doesn't need to cater to you or massage anything. @RickiTarr