@gary17 the problem with "not all men" is it doesn't contribute anything to the discussion, and in fact just diverts whatever the focus should be on away from it. For instance it's like if someone was talking about their personal experience when a dog attacked them and someone in the comments was like "not all dogs", well yes obviously not every dog in the world has attacked a person and everybody knows that so the comment remained unnecessary.
That's why I said when men are being accused as a collective group of doing something. If someone is saying that all men are rapists, saying "not all men" seems like a necessary statement. People claiming all men do something contributes just as little, and what they're saying is a lot more likely to cause problems than just saying "not all men."
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