Obviously most, if not all men are rapists. Or potential rapists. Luckily, they are also obsolete!
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-...
That's Marilyn French's view, as famously quoted from "The Women's Room":
http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Room-Marilyn-French/dp/03453536...
It's also true that to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
> Luckily, they are also obsolete!
Maybe. I personally will suspend judgment until I see women open their own businesses and banks and refuse to do business with men any more.
Well, technically:
"At one point in the book the character Val says "all men are rapists". This quote has often been incorrectly attributed to Marilyn French herself. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_French
There's plenty of crazy around the subject, though: http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/false-rape-culture/l...
> Maybe. I personally will suspend judgment until I see women open their own businesses and banks and refuse to do business with men any more.
That will never happen, as the bubble will pop soon. http://www.singularity2050.com/2010/01/the-misandry-bubble.h...
The big disadvantage about being a "hyper-minority" -- that is, a minority to the extent that you stick out almost like a celebrity would, is that you attract a lot of attention. A group of people might be largely composed of good people. However, someone who is a member of a "hyper-minority" is going to attract a far-disproportionate amount of attention from the most unsavory 0.5% of the group.
> It's like taking the example of a rapist (which this guy sort of is) and extrapolating it to some general trend about everyone.
I don't think that's a fair or constructive way to put the issue. Most men aren't rapists. However, a very small number are, and they can do a disproportionate amount of damage. This was even truer in days past, when society was more permissive about certain kinds of behaviors, and less scrupulous about avoiding unwanted approaches.
It's not a matter of spreading the guilt through the group. It is a matter of encouraging responsibility, however.