What Does the Idea of Misogyny Really Describe?

A response to Liza Featherstone

Often “misogyny” is used to refer to gender-based disrespect or misrecognition; in other w0rds, bad attitudes toward women publicly deployed. Here the term is a species of folk psychology, reflecting the word’s Greek root, hatred of women. Misogyny, in this usage, also signifies that this hatred, translated into action, is a moral wrong.  In ...
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What Does the Idea of Misogyny Really Describe?