What is one thing you wish men could understand with explaining it to them?

That “Men experience this too!” is not an appropriate response when women are discussing anything that pertains to their lived experiences as women. This so often happens in discussions around domestic violence, abuse, harassment, rape, toxic societal stereotypes, etc.

How is barging into the discussion waving your tackle about actually helping this conversation or the women having it? What is anybody gaining from you doing this? What on earth makes you think a conversation about women’s issues is the appropriate time or place to start crying, “Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the men?!”

It’s not the right time or place, flower. Read the room and please don’t do it. If you want to start a discussion about the issues you face as a man, I encourage you to start one; but stop hijacking conversations women are trying to have by shouting over them.

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