Actually while I’m in the business of #realtalk and writing walls of text - I wanna just get this off my chest quick.

This trend of complaining about people saying “Not all men” is nothing short of fucking bullshit.

Let’s begin.

We really need to stop women from committing neonaticide.

Women abusing their children is a huge problem in America.

I’m really fucking sick of these women who argue that men can’t be raped.

It’s awful that women are constantly perpetrating domestic violence myths.

As women, you can stop false rape allegations.

Do any of those tickle a little? Did you feel like saying “hey hold on not all women” - are any of you currently furiously typing into your reblog box “MISOGYNY!”?

If I was to hold up a sign saying these while walking through the city, or through a Uni campus, people would probably tell me exactly what they thought of me (especially if I was a man).

Imagine being smacked around by this stuff daily - imagine looking on Facebook and seeing stuff like this every damn day. When I was a feminist, I’d post stuff like this almost daily, and my friends would too. Our mutual male friends probably saw these blanket accusations 3 times daily.

Eventually the feelings of “yeah those are problems we need to solve” turn to “I feel like I’m under attack” - or so I’d assume. And this is hard for men as they’re socialized to bottle up feelings from when they are kids. They are told to be strong and to not complain or show feelings of hurt.

Then when they finally say “hey, could you please at least put a qualifier on it?” the response is, “ermergerd you’re tone policing” or “man up” or “waahhh man feelz”.

Invoking gender roles to shut down people who are feeling offended is possibly the most fucked up thing you could do, if you truly believe in equal rights. Fuck off.

Why not follow your own advice? When someone (cis) uses the word “tranny”, aren’t they told to “stop, think about who you’re offending, then correct yourself in the interests of not being a dick”? Why not follow that advice?

How annoying is it when heterosexuals try to defend their use of the word “fag”? Think of that, then think of how annoying it is to hear your pathetic excuses for why you shouldn’t have to use a fucking four letter word when you’re making a racist/sexist statement.

People who say “not all men” aren’t trying to ‘shut down conversation’ - they’re trying to ask you kindly to stop being a piece of shit bigot.