I admit it: I love men. Sadly, that’s not a popular thing to say these days, but it’s true.

My father was a great man. So is my husband. Ditto for my son. I think it’s time we praised such men. Now, if you happen to be someone who’s known mostly crappy men your entire life (which I find dubious), you won’t agree with my list of eight great things about men. But that doesn’t make the list any less true. Bad people don’t make their entire sex bad. When we come across a less-than-stellar woman, we don’t chastise the entire female population. On the contrary, we’re usually told there’s a perfectly good reason why she is the way she is. But we don’t extend this same grace to men.