Japanese pron

[Jyn]

Originally posted by Malacasta

And to be honest, I'm a bit annoyed about putting in the effort to add argument when the result is unbacked opinion and assertion.

I'm going to start off by apologizing for adding to your annoyance. The effort you made to produce literature to back yourself up is appreciated. I normally try to approach things scientifically myself, but I've decided to approach this from a more philosophical perspective instead.

That being said, my previous opinions and assertions are not exactly unbacked. I do have some experience with being a guy. This being the case, I'm granted a modicum of insight into how different types of men think and why they think it.

Men may see and hear of horrible things that other men do that they would never do themselves. Despite this, most thinking men will still have an innate understanding of why particular men do particular things. This could be for a variety of reasons, but I think that it mostly comes down to being wired the same. We all have the same temptations and urges. The same thoughts tend to cross our minds. It's how we react and deal with them that make us different. I don't think a lot of men would willingly admit to themselves, let alone others, that they are capable of understanding the motives behind injustices great and small committed by other men. Still, there is a difference between being able to think like a misogynist and thinking like/being a misogynist.

I guess this mostly comes down to an "it takes one to know one" argument with different degrees of understanding.