This is a perfect analogy!

@DiannaSiever It is a good analogy. This is not misandry because 50% of women experience sexual violence. And nobody brought race into this. This applies to men, which is why we have to exercise caution.

Or not take any bites at all! The chance of me eating one of those poison M&Ms is enough to dissuade me from it just as much as the chance of an encounter with a bad actor is enough to keep one AirPod out while walking alone.

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No, it's not. Let's assume you are a white supremacist and replace the inference to "men" with "black people". Now do you see how this thinking is wrong?

That's very considerate of you! I really do feel bad for the genuinely decent guys of the world. It's sort of like the whole class being punished because that one a*****e kid couldn't manage to behave himself.

Thank you, Jerry. It seems like you are trying to understand rather than expect us to just get over it.

Jerry, Today's world? I get you are trying to be kind but it's those kind of blinders that are detrimental. It's Not Today's World. It's Decades, Upon Centuries, to the beginning of time. Learned behavior in the male psyche that women are less than. You may not show clinical bad behavior but do you speak up when another man is out of line? Or maybe less overt behavior, such as if you had to choose between a male or female financial planner, instinctively is the male more qualified? Would it bother you if a woman made more than you for the same work? See, no men on earth for 24 hours is just a ban-aid on a bullet wound.

Bless your heart, at least I see a person who wants people to know he’s coming and their safe.

should not they hear what their mom said ?? why is it only men fault ?

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... so if a man you care about sees a "bad" man harassing a woman and decides to step up and say something and then gets stabbed to death for his effort, will that make you feel BETTER? Evil is evil. Males aren't by definition part of some exclusive club where we're all friends and we all hang out. This idea that "good" men should somehow be responsible to "fix" all the evil in the world is absurd.... first of all because you can't "fix" evil and second because those evil men you fear are actually much MORE LIKELY to commit acts of violence against OTHER MEN... and if a man who loves you fails to protect you, he may very well commit suicide rather than face the shame of his failure. Being a woman is hard. I get it... but being a good man doesn't mean the entire world is simply a video game with all the cheat codes. Women here talk about how the world would be a better place if evil men didn't exist... but good men are somehow responsible for making evil disappear....

(Male here), when we flag up unacceptable behaviour, it's typically dismissed and they'll justify it somehow. Just no getting through to some of them who are convinced they're being flirty and charming instead of predatory. Sadly it seems so deeply normalised that it will take a lot of work and time to sort. At the very least I'd like to live to see a generation not have these things so prevalent that everyone knows a rape victim. Obviously we'll not give up, it's not nice when school girls have to worry about men being dangerous, I want them to be able to stay as kids until they mature naturally, not be slapped out of their innocence by necessity because many men just don't take no for answer and prey on those they see as weak

Case in point - Ted Bundy. Looked like a clean cut nice young man.

that's not the point. the point is that men make sexual & violent advances on women, and there are more cases of women being kidnapped/killed/raped by men then there are of women doing those things to other women, and that's why were fearful. we don't have a choice. if you go out late at night and you're attacked, it's almost always by a man, so if you eliminate men for 1 night (nobody ever said more so idk why you brought that up, bc obviously it's not forever and that would change things) then there's no chance of you being attacked by a man, which is the most common

Um, Rissie, what are the potential outcomes if a dude isn't trusted by a woman? 1. Dude doesn't get laid. 2. Woman gets raped and murdered.

The idea that women would “fill the gap” strongly conflicts with all DOJ crime data. Try Not to let your emotions prevent you from making fact-based, rational arguments. No one is trying to make you feel bad. No need to be sensitive.

Can you walk the streets at night now? If so, what makes you believe women left alone would not be able to?

funny, I was thinking along the same lines

I think the biggest thing is that there wouldn't be any men to automatically physically overpower us. That's really what this is all about. If women were physically stronger than men on average, then it wouldn't matter if all men were a******s. Because we wouldn't have to be afraid.

It's not lumping all men together as bad. It's being careful and not taking chances with men they don't know. They have to be this cautious because 1) there are a lot more bad men out there than most people think and 2) the bad they do can be devastating, lifelong, and even fatal. Those two facts are what #MeToo is determined to bring to the surface.

When women express a fear of assault, it's common for men to mansplain safety to them. "Don't walk alone at night, lock your doors, carry pepper spray", etc. etc.. The onus is ALWAYS put on the woman to protect herself, as if it's their own fault if they get attacked.

Looking at the original question in the post - it only asked what women would do if there were no men for 24 hours. That would mean all the toxic men are missing. So this is what they would do in that situation. It does not mean all men are toxic. I'm sure I could make some comments about sets and subsets, but maths was too long ago. To be honest, if all men were absent, there'd probably be some toxic women who would take advantage of that somehow and screw it up anyway.

Yeah, Bob, you're "not all menning" here.

It was a thought experiment; don’t take it personally. Try it. Imagine if there were no women for 24 hours. You’d have 24 hours during which you could whine about anything and no woman would call you butt hurt or triggered. Does this mean every woman thinks you’re a butt hurt, triggered whiner? Of course not. This is all theoretical. But thanks for pointing out that society isn’t perfect; I don’t think anything of us had noticed that before.

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@Troux, yes it is. Most men are not a threat at all. Still you are saying be careful of all men because some are a******s. You are lumping everyone together. And to keep holding on to that will prevent you from any solution. Even without "a*****e men", a group of people will emerge that will try to become dominant by means of aggression. And that means as a none aggressor you will always find an adversary that you need to take measures against. But if you don't want to learn and keep believing that all men are the problem, well then you're essentially accepting that women should protect themselves against all men by no using any potentially sexual invitations. Grow past it, find actual solutions and you earn the right to wear a miniskirt at night back again.

that's not at all the same thing, that's completely racist and has nothing to do with this