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“Believe women” is fine. “Believe all women” is where the problem lies.

• fidgewidge 4y ago
  What's the difference?
  • noisy_boy 4y ago
    The latter removes any scope for taking circumstances/details into account which is an issue irrespective of gender/age etc (e.g. "believe men" or "believe children" would be equally absurd).
    • fidgewidge 4y ago
      But you just said "believe women" is fine whereas "believe men" or "believe children" is absurd. I don't follow the distinction you're drawing here. They're grammatically equal.
      • noisy_boy 4y ago
        I am saying blanket "believe <anything>" is absurd and I do see your point; there isn't much difference.