Conflict and anger are not tools and emotions that we tend naturally to be able to control: we’re brought up to be docile little girls who will grow up to become gentle and understanding women. To announce point blank that one doesn’t like men is to personify an anger that is far larger than our own selves, and to lay ourselves open to confrontation – with society in general, which gives so much space to men, their idiosyncrasies and their crimes; and with individual men, if they’re not prepared to listen to how we feel.
