Why saying "men are bastards" is akin to racism

It’s a huge irk of mine that whenever a person screws over another person, it’s not because that person is just a twat; it’s because of their gender. If you’re finding a large number of one gender are arseholes, then it’s more likely that you’re picking the wrong people to be around than the whole gender comprises of such flawed characteristics. You wouldn’t do it with race, you wouldn’t say “all black people are dickheads” because one person shouldered you in the street. What makes it acceptable (other than ignorance and double standards)?

Maybe it’s something to draw comfort from, that you don’t make bad choices, just that you have been victim to the nature of the world. But it’s not, let’s face it. We’re at a time when true equality should be starting to shine through, and my idea of true equality is not defining race, gender or sexuality, because that way everything can be viewed from a purely individual standpoint.

My favourite part of the whole "Men are pigs" generalisation is that I am basically being called a pig, my friends who are nice guys and generally caring are being called pigs (despite the person never having met them) and my brothers are too. It's so ignorant when you think about it, it's sexism that completely mirrors racism. Is it a statement that men are so incapable of individuality that they should be bracketed together? Are men all alike? Do we eat the same food, have the same hobbies, show the same (lack of) compassion? Think it through.

And I’m not “one of the good ones” in regards to men. I wouldn’t mind being called a good person, because being a good person is completely different from being “the less murderous member of the Manson family”, which is what “one of the good ones” is pretty much implying.