I’m kidding, but it's important to remember why we sometimes make generalizations as a society. Not all bees will sting you, but still we’re scared of bees. We don’t say, “only some bees will sting you”  because that’s a given — it’s redundant. In that same way, no one really means all men are trash. Not all men are the same as Mr. Big.

This weekend, I received a series of texts messages from an ex I hadn’t spoken to in weeks. The timing and the nature of the texts shocked me, as well as the fact that he was making any form of contact....