The Evil that Men Do

A front page story in the local press: a free tabloid called Seven Days shows a full page photo of a woman with a scarred face. The caption: “The Evil that Men Do.”

Certainly a terrible thing happened. But can you imagine a similar cover showing “The Evil that Women Do,” under a mutilated male face or body? Say, Wayne Bobbit? If anyone dared do it, wouldn't there be an outcry?

Unless we are sexists, the fact that the perpetrator in this instance was a man and the victim a woman should not be significant, and should say nothing about "men" in general. That is prejudice straight up. The implication is that all men are guilty for the crime of any one: a phony blood guilt similar to that once ascribed to the Jews.