Men who did not believe simply because they preferred something else to be true.
Would any other man prefer a greater to a less evil?
The man would obviously have preferred to charge a great deal more.
In his turn, the man with the gun preferred to use it at close range.
"It's the kind of thing a man prefers to tell on himself."
Most men, given the choice, might prefer that someone else got to be the dead hero.
Some older men may have at times preferred the passive role.
Another problem is that older men often prefer to date younger women.
American men prefer a female body that's average, not thin.
For different reasons, each man prefers not to call the police or an ambulance.