Amen to everything Lurkette said.
The sentence structure "(group of people) are essentially (trait)" will always, always get you into trouble. It's exactly that kind of mentality that sets up the ingroup-outgroup biases and stereotyping that people profess to hate but propagate anyway.
Just be careful with what you say and what you believe.
I know plenty of women whom I can take at face value. Many of them are personal friends. I don't think we're all that different.
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