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In an earlier you comment, you dismissed the concept of "mansplaining" because you hadn't seen an empirical study about it, only personal anecdotes. Yet here you are, claiming that men in general aren't trusted around women, and the evidence you've provided is a personal anecdote.

This sort of blatant hypocrisy is an example of why men's rights activists have a reputation for using pseudo-intellectualism to dismiss views that make them uncomfortable, but don't apply those same principles to views that fit their worldview. The kind of hypocrisy that makes it really easy for people to dismiss MRAs as misogynistic tribalists who care at least as much about minimizing women's issues as they do about helping men. The kind of hypocrisy that has sadly made current men's issues advocacy a joke in the eyes of the small number of people who are even aware of it.

I totally agree that men not being trusted around children is a very real, serious issue, and to me the personal anecdotes of the many men who've complained about this is evidence enough of that. I'm passionate about this issue, and I'm passionate about men's issues in general. I think you are too. If we wanted people to take our passion seriously, we have to get serious about arguing our points in a logically consistent way that isn't so easy to dismiss.

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