Because believing in what you do as a therapist has nothing to do with whether or not you like your male clients because they are men, or men in general, or men as a construct, or men as an identity. Believing in what you do is about you, not your patients.

Not the same.

Do you like Jeffrey Dahmer? He's a man. He also enjoyed eating other men. What about the kid who bullied you in school? Since you're a man, ykur bully was most likely another boy who's now a man. Should your therapist like him, because he's a man, even though part of the reason why you're there is because of the white he put you through that never healed. But she should like him, a man, instead od help you, right?

This is why I don't like the question. It's so ambiguous, it's meaningless.

Say you're there for marital trouble. Should she like men as a group, even though a group of your friends or a group of her male coworkers are the root cause of your marital problems?

What if you're the problem? Like, self sabotaging or whatever. Should she not call you out on your shit out of an inflated positivity of men or because she's too busy fawning over men to effective at her job?

I'm not telling you how to choose a therapist or think about the question. Your life. Your choice. Your responsibility.

My opinion is that if I go to therapy, I want to be seen as an individual and not part of a group. I don't want a group identity to be foisted on me, either positively or negatively, because it obscures the purpose of me being there. Time is money. I don't like mine being wasted on bullshit and unnecessary drama. I want neutrality and professionalism, not having to push past and argue against gender dynamics that don't apply. And I want somebody to shoot straight with me.

If you want different or you feel different, then that's what you should pursue.