Society seems to regard men as having a high potential to commit sexual crimes, reflected in some feminist rhetoric, a lot of discussions about rape, how people react towards male strangers alone at night or when they interact with their kids, airlines' policies about who can sit next to unaccompanied minors, etc.

I've seen feminists passionately defend this perception, insisting that, even if the fears are greatly overblown, it is the product of "rape culture" (a laughable concept -- 99+% of people view rape as heinous) and therefore understandable.

However, most of those people, being "politically correct" and progressive, are also the sort who will vehemently attack the notion of people reacting in much the same way when encountering blacks in similar situations.

It seems as if the fact that men are a "traditionally privileged demographic," somehow this -- let's be honest what it is -- sexism is somehow more acceptable and valid.

"Oh, but many of these women were raped or know someone who was raped."

The experience didn't turn me racist in the slightest, but I've been mugged and violently pistol-whipped by a young black man. I don't think that would either legitimately or in society's opinion excuse me of any anti-black racism, and I fully appreciate that it was the fact he was a criminal not that he was black.

Likewise, fearing men in a general sense is stupid and sexist. Fear sexual predators, who are quite often women as well, just as other crimes are quite commonly committed by other races than blacks.