By social convention, “I don’t understand women” includes the implicit term “And learning more about women does not pay off at what I consider reasonable effort.”
I agree that statement is implicit and not a necessary part of the spoken utterance, but it is almost always there. Consider the very similar statement (by a non-nerd) “I don’t understand math.” It’s substantially the same issue.
By social convention, “I don’t understand women” includes the implicit term “And learning more about women does not pay off at what I consider reasonable effort.”
I agree that statement is implicit and not a necessary part of the spoken utterance, but it is almost always there. Consider the very similar statement (by a non-nerd) “I don’t understand math.” It’s substantially the same issue.