Misogyny

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'''Misogyny''' generally refers to the hatred of [[women]], or the belief that women are inferior to [[men]], and manifests as everything from social discrimination, physical abuse, legal discrimination, and generalized objectification of women.  A few countries, notably some [[Islamist|Islamic]] states, have encoded misogyny into [[Shari’a|their laws]], for example giving husbands and fathers full legal rights over women; preventing women from accessing public services without permission of their guardians; legally preventing them from holding jobs, driving, or accessing the press.  This is paired with a larger issue of both the society and specifically the police ignoring any violence (even murder) against women.
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'''Misogyny''' generally refers to the hatred of [[women]], or the belief that women are inferior to [[men]], and manifests as everything from social discrimination, physical abuse, legal discrimination, and generalized objectification of women.  A few countries, notably some [[Islamist|Islamic]] states, have encoded misogyny into [[Shari’a|their laws]]; some of these states give husbands and fathers full legal rights over their wives and daughters; prevent women from accessing public services without permission of their husbands or fatters; legally prevent women from holding jobs, driving, or accessing the press.  These legal moves are often combined with a social blindness (including on the part of the police) towards violence against women, up to and including the crimes of [[rape]] and murder.
  
 
Subtle institutionalized misogyny is still encountered in most countries of the world.  For example, laws regulating reproduction (specifically [[birth control]] and [[abortion]]) which prevent a woman from fully controlling her life, social barriers to accessing political and economic power, [[rape culture]] and soft acceptance of domestic abuse.  
 
Subtle institutionalized misogyny is still encountered in most countries of the world.  For example, laws regulating reproduction (specifically [[birth control]] and [[abortion]]) which prevent a woman from fully controlling her life, social barriers to accessing political and economic power, [[rape culture]] and soft acceptance of domestic abuse.  

Revision as of 19:40, 1 January 2013

Misogyny generally refers to the hatred of women, or the belief that women are inferior to men, and manifests as everything from social discrimination, physical abuse, legal discrimination, and generalized objectification of women. A few countries, notably some Islamic states, have encoded misogyny into their laws; some of these states give husbands and fathers full legal rights over their wives and daughters; prevent women from accessing public services without permission of their husbands or fatters; legally prevent women from holding jobs, driving, or accessing the press. These legal moves are often combined with a social blindness (including on the part of the police) towards violence against women, up to and including the crimes of rape and murder.

Subtle institutionalized misogyny is still encountered in most countries of the world. For example, laws regulating reproduction (specifically birth control and abortion) which prevent a woman from fully controlling her life, social barriers to accessing political and economic power, rape culture and soft acceptance of domestic abuse.

Notable modern misogynists

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