lacigreen:

what saying “not all men” actually does:

  • refuses to acknowledge that gender violence happens too often
  • takes the focus off the men who are violent and/or misogynistic
  • refuses to acknowledge that even good guys can enable the problem
  • makes the conversation about men and semantics instead of the epidemic levels of violence against women

what saying “not all men” does not do:

  • reveal a fascinating new insight that we didn’t know

what saying “not all men” should mean:

Not all men agree that:

  • rape
  • coercion
  • condescension
  • inequality

are perfectly alright. So if you think that all men think like you misogynist, chauvinist asshat, then you are wrong

Until that is made so perfectly crystal clear, I will repurpose not all men, because that is the only valid use for that statement.