Rex Kerr
Apr 14, 2023

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I explain at the end of my comment why I think it is actually of crucial importance to address this correctly.

Also, the premise that nobody would help is, I think, at best very context-dependent. I haven't found a study that specifically looks at intervening in male-female violence by gender of bystander, but when considering altercations overall, men intervene at considerably higher rates: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ab.21853

So even if you carry the disjunction all the way through, given the above, women dispositionally hate everyone too (unless you have solid evidence that they intervene considerably more--I can't find any), so the point is being made about humans while saying "men", which is divisive and unhelpful.

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Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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