Men, you don’t deserve collective blame for the actions of a few.

I’m here, I’m with you.

I was ashamedly sucked into a bit of a man-hating rabbithole a few years ago when I had my own bad experiences with men…

However, the one constant- my best friend is male- long term family friend, always there for me, massive rock (he wouldn’t hurt a fly).

He’s disabled so he’s faced quite a lot of trauma in his life (at the expense of both men and women)- I know school was a nightmare for him. He’s the one who helped me wake up to the fact that some of the misandrist circles I was in were quite toxic- he didn’t want anybody to automatically perceive him as a threat just because of his gender as he felt people already unfairly demonised/mocked him for his disability. And then I realised he was right- by me insinuating that men were abusive rapists, that means I’d have been lumping him into the same category, when actually he’s the one person I trust and support more than anyone.

TL:DR- I love men, I used to buy into the misandry and mass generalisations, until my best friend helped me wake up and realise that those mass generalisations would’ve included him.