I'm well aware of this thread having posted in it myself. What I noticed (and obviously did not elaborate) is that some of the men who have posted here won't be found on the other threads defending women.
True, but speaking for myself I've never considered it necessary to defend anyone here, especially based on their gender. After all, we are all adults, allegedly and thus should be capable of defending ourselves - should we feel it necessary in such an environment as this.
I know you posted in the thread I referred to, but your comment here was something a blanket statement, not a qualified one as you subsequently acknowledged it was intended to be (if I read what you say above correctly).
The people who weighed in here so aggressively clearly have issues of their own they need to work out. I think more than a few people here see the bogey man where he isn't and/or are looking for any excuse, however tenuous to vent some frustration they seem to have, presumably because they're unable to do so IRL with the same impunity.
I'm damn sure the infantile name calling and so on demonstrated by many here on LPSG would result in a sound kicking if tried face to face. Naturally those same people will say they're the same in that regard here as 'out there' and of course, I'll believe them.
In short, I work on the assumption that no one needs to justify or defend there presence here, regardless of gender, sexuality or whatever and that should they feel the need to do so anyway, that they're capable of doing so themselves. That's why you won't
generally find me in 'attack' threads.
My original comment here in
this thread was really tangential to the OP, in that it was about issues of self confidence evidenced by (IMO) unnecessarily aggressive responses - not about 'men being babies' which, incidentally we often are, though perhaps not in the style to which DW alluded.