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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