Men and Women Lie

I was at a gathering with three men and four women when one woman suddenly blurted, “Men are dogs. They lie all the time to get what they want from us women.”

The men turned to me, knowing I was about to say something the women would not like.

I said, “Yes, men lie. They say, ‘I love you,’ or, ‘You are the most beautiful woman in the world,’ and you eat it up. Do you really believe it when a man says you are the most beautiful woman on the planet? But women lie too. They say, ‘You are the father,’ or, ‘He was abusive.’ The truth is, both sexes lie.”

One woman huffed. “You are generalizing. Not all women are like that. You cannot judge all women like that.”

I responded, “You started this conversation by saying men are dogs and that they lie all the time. Was that not a generalization? Was that not a judgment? I gave examples of both sexes lying, but you only defended women. Did I not also make examples about men? Why did you jump to defend women as if I only criticized them? Why do you excuse negative generalizations about men but take offense when it is about women?”

She said, “You made it seem like women are evil.”

I replied, “I never said that. I spoke about both sides equally. I do not understand your concern.”

She thought she ended the conversation by saying, “You hate women,” as the other women nodded in agreement.

I said, “Are you not a hater of men if you make such negative statements about men?”

I know, I ruin the party sometimes.