Men falling under unfair suspicion

Article here. Excerpt:

'I AM so glad I wasn't born a man.

This has got nothing to do with facial hair or the fact that woman can have babies while men can't.

It's that women don't automatically get branded as a pedophile or a sexual predator based purely on their sex.

I was doing a story last week on a single dad offering his help for free to other single women.

On the surface, it seemed like an honest gesture of goodwill.

I don't know the man and I can't pretend to know his intentions.

But what disturbed me was a phone call I had from another woman who had called the police about him.

This man had approached her with an offer for help and, from what I can tell, had also suggested they might end up going on a date.

The woman was concerned he was looking to take advantage of vulnerable women.

The reason? "Nothing is for free in this world."

The fact that a man can't offer his help to a woman without being assumed to have an ulterior motive makes me feel tired and angry.

What is wrong with the world that so many of us assume the worst?'