"all men are potential rapists"

[shawn703]

299. This is a true statement, like it or not

It's no different than any other statement where there is even a miniscule percentage that the statement could turn out to be true for any individual all things being equal - it could potentially be true, even if it's not very likely. A lot of people believe "all cars are potential lemons" because they will get a Carfax report, have a mechanic look the vehicle over, etc., before committing on a purchase.

That being said, your last paragraph also contains true statements, as absurd as they seem. The risks associated with your statements have a likelihood so small that you personally would probably not feel the need to mitigate them. The percentages of women who identify themselves as having been raped at some point in their life and even the percentages of men who will admit in an anonymous survey that they have coerced someone into intercourse at some point in their life is not insignificant. Therefore women may choose to mitigate the risk that any man is a potential rapist rather than ignore it and hope for the best.

Men shouldn't take offense at women feeling they need to mitigate the risk of a man being a rapist any more than a car dealer should take offense at a potential buyer mitigating the risk that a car is a lemon by requesting a Carfax or having a mechanic look over the vehicle.