When it comes to conflicts in relationships or everyday life, it seems that women are never painted as "the bad guy" unless there is a burden of evidence against her. Even then, the next question is often, what made her do it? In contrast, for a man, a burden of proof has to prove his innocence, and on top of that he should have done better to avoid the conflict.

I feel like much of this bias stems from the threat of violence. However, for most sane people who would never physically harm another human being, this bias still persists at a deep level.

Companies will literally choose women to be the face of their business because they come off as "less threatening” for something as mundane as selling insurance. Which further highlights how manipulative and dishonest people can be amongst both genders.

Women often receive credit for emotional maturity and morality, but in reality, these things are very fickle. Emotions can be exploited for selfish desires, and people's moral codes are always subject to change for their end goals.

Maybe my perspective as a man shapes my view, but events like

• the Johnny Depp trial

•the Carlee Russle case

•Jada Pinkett's "entanglement"

Consistently demonstrate that women can be bad people. The perception of women as less harmful might be influenced by physicality, but its only fair to acknowledge that women can compensate for this with victimhood narratives and emotional abuse. Pretending otherwise only further rifts men and women apart