So I just had a conversation with my ex that went something like this:

Him: Yea our town is fairly dangerous and I want to move too.

Me: Yes we have a high density of convicted child molesters in our area…I don’t want to raise our child here.

We end up talking about characteristics of abusers and I say:

Me: Most often these kinds of criminals are white men

Him: That’s not true. Women are just as likely to be pedos and coerce teenage boys but boys are less likely to report. We just don’t hear about how often it happens.

Me: While it’s true that boys are less likely to report, the fact remains that nearly 90% of child predators are white men.

Him: No they’re not.

Like literally, I learned this in first year psychology.

And throughout the conversation other topics came up regarding sexism and he just flat out denied it has a role to play in workplace harassment, relationship dynamics, etc.

Do men really believe that if they just deny reality hard enough it will be considered fact?

Ugh.