By: martinspribble
@Celia Jane I have changed the wording of that section to read: Many defenders of Mr Abbott have claimed there’s no way he could actually be a misogynist, with rhetoric like “Misogynist is a term...
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This is a nuanced topic, Marty, and I think you did a pretty good job tackling it. I would have liked you to go deeper into the examinations of what makes a person misogynist, and what does not, and...
View ArticleBy: OpheliaBenson
@SainterSan Well, complaining about ‘women drivers’ certainly can be misogynist. It’s certainly sexist (even from your wife), and if it’s hostile enough then yes, it’s misogynist.
View ArticleBy: OpheliaBenson
I’ve never heard “misogyny” used to mean “any act or attitude that doesn’t take into account women.” It means hostility to women. That’s what we mean when we say it. Maybe people think it’s being...
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By: SainterSan
Just a few quick observations as I read the comments ( thx to all who’ve replied to my comment . I think we need to keep things in perspective. Real misogyny in the sense of “hatred of women” is...
View ArticleBy: OpheliaBenson
@SainterSan No. Real hatred of women is not pathological. It’s utterly commonplace, and there’s a lot of it.
View ArticleBy: GregLaden
First, I’d broaden “hatred” to include a few more terms, such as “disdain” and “disrespect” and such to include all the relevant behaviors. Then, I’d insist on calibrating a term like “misogyny” per...
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Then there’s the problem of attribution; Gillard is guessing at what Abbot is feeling (hate) and has in mind (gender) when he makes those sexist remarks she’s listed and berated during her speech. No...
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