Do not believe anything men say about anything. Fundamentally, the male is a selfish creature whose only sense of right and wrong is entirely informed by “what’s best for me”. At best, he will entertain himself with ideological musings, but will not apply these beliefs to himself if a beneficial opportunity arises that demands his non-compliance (most rape is opportunistic, for example). They have no principles, no sense of morality, just a set of gambits he employs in hopes of getting the most for the least effort. When they play at being arbiters of reasoning and morality, I can only roll my eyes. The sex who must be constantly and continuously instructed and corralled in an attempt to dissuade their rape children, to varying degrees of success, has no business standing on a podium to lecture anyone on what’s good and bad. They obviously lack the hardware required to possess an innate sense of decency, dignity, respect, and excellence. It’s like asking a robot to describe what it means to be human. They can spit out a rehearsed reply, and it may even be agreeable at first glance. But there is no foundation, no substance, no ground in reality, no through-line. Just a calculated output based on what he thinks he should believe, or rather, what he thinks you want to hear. Worse than a robot, who is entirely without motives, the male exercises an attempt to maximize his own benefit, often to the detriment of others. But I digress.
There’s no such thing as a man who believes in something for its own merit.