When they tell men they don't even know that the women in their lives (who they also don't know) are probably lying to them?
The question seems to have been misinterpreted and prompted a dispute about telling "white lies", but I am not disputing whether a "white lie" is ever justified or understandable or whether men and women both commit them.
What I am talking about is the tactic of telling men "Oh, women lie to you all the time" or "I am sure you've had many women 'fake it' with you", which seems ostensibly to humble (shame?) men, but in fact is sending the message, "Women are liars and men are too dumb to tell the difference", which - if believed by men - is a recipe for paranoia and misogyny.
If a man says, "No, I don't think you look fat," that may or may not be true, but if a man started telling women he doesn't even know, "Yes, I am sure your partner thinks you're fat. We men lie about that all the time, because you women are so gullible and needy"...
2007-10-02
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