It’s the way some men say, ‘I’m not the problem’ or that they shifted the conversation from actual corpses and victims as well as perpetrators to protecting the comfort level of bystander males. An exasperated woman remarked to me, ‘What do they want–a cookie for not hitting, raping, or threatening women? – Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me

It’s the way some men say, ‘I’m not the problem’ or that they shifted the conversation from actual corpses and victims as well as perpetrators to protecting the comfort level of bystander males. An exasperated woman remarked to me, ‘What do they want–a cookie for not hitting, raping, or threatening women? – Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me