> It's amazing this is an acceptable thing to say in polite society
I'd say it's an OK stance to take (e.g., based on past experience) if one of the conclusions you take from it is that it calls for a process that isn't similarly biased. If you recognize and acknowledge your own bias, you should be able to critically challenge it and/or be interested in neutral fact-finding, due process, and so on.
For myself, I'd say it's less general distrust of men and more the observation that many situations in society greatly favor men in their power dynamics and make it more probable for men to misbehave, i.e. given the option.
Your response and what the above is responding to are different things. Being interested in neutral fact finding and due process are polar opposites to just believing someone because they are a woman and distrusting someone because they are a man.
I think the neutral acceptable position, which I acknowledge is my opinion, would be to trust the woman enough to seriously validate their claims. And to persecute the other party proportionate to actual evidence. I think that is an extremely difficult line to tow especially to make people feel listened to but to just go all in on little evidence is bad for society and bad for those people who do suffer real trauma
You talk about evidence. What evidence do you imagine a victim will have?
The cards are stacked. A mature perp picks situation when there is no evidence and no witnesses. And it is statistics that 9 out of 10 times it is a man.
Believing women actually IS a big step to neutral fact finding. Big upgrade from the previous state where victims were ignored.
Those men in this thread who are so scared about cancelled, you know who to blame. Other men.