I know that the person who originally responded, had a convo with the person who posted this, but I just have to say, why is it excuses like ‘not all men are sexist’, or ‘not all men are rapists’, are considered valid by the people that use them?
Okay, you’re not sexist. Great! But does that justify the ones that are?
No.
You’re not a rapist. But does that stop the ones that are? Does that provide justice for the victims who have been subjected to such tortures?
No.
That’s like saying - ‘not all white people are racist’ - as if that somehow makes it okay that some people ARE racist.
And of course, not everyone is a racist, but does that make it okay, that some people are?
If you use that mentally, Martin Luther King Jr could’ve just said, ‘oh it’s okay. It’s okay that we’re subjected to racism because it’s not all white people.’
Saying things like 'oh not all men’, is not an excuse for the behaviour of the men who are sexist. No matter how much you use pathetic excuses like this, it’s not going to change the fact that there are misogynistic people out there.
And whether you agree or not, saying such things, is just a way for society to push feminism out of the spotlight.