sexism vs. misogyny

[On Fleek]

These two words can be read and heard every day ever since Trump has sought the nomination.
But can they be used synonymously, or are they not interchangeable?

And while we're at it, is there a male equivalent of the term "misogyny"?

[Associate Justice PiT]

These two words can be read and heard every day ever since Trump has sought the nomination.
But can they be used synonymously, or are they not interchangeable?

And while we're at it, is there a male equivalent of the term "misogyny"?

     This is a pretty big can of worms to open. There are impassioned arguments over how "sexism" should be defined, and that naturally affects the answer to the first question.

     For the second question, it's called "misandry".

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I think the ongoing find-and-replace of 'sexism' with 'misogyny' is actually really counterproductive, because in creating the sense that all bias against women is hatred, it also implies that the only way one can be biased against women is by hating them. Thus the paternalism and patronizing attitudes that one finds in many men who genuinely don't hate women or wish them ill--what used to be called 'benevolent sexism', although benevolent is probably too kind a word--become much harder to articulate as a problem. Think the archetypal fifties boss, who goes condescendingly easy on his secretary because he thinks challenging her would mean treating her like a man and thus somehow be insulting, as contrasted with the other archetypal fifties boss, who rapes his secretary and tells her she deserves it for saying something flirtatious to him once. Assuming it's not the same guy (unfortunately not always a safe assumption), we should at least have the option of not using the same word to describe both of these men's attitudes towards women. And one of our multiple words should be able to communicate that the first boss's attitudes aren't okay either, even if they're not the same degree of not okay as the second boss's.

[buritobr]

misogyny = hating women
sexism = hating women who don't accept what the society used to consider their traditional roles

[ElectionsGuy]

misogyny = dislike of women
misandry = dislike of men
sexism = prejudice based on sex.

[Meclazine for Israel]

How Do You Define Misogyny?

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[Antonio the Sixth]

Misogyny is a type of sexism (as is misandry) but sexism is broader.

[HisGrace]

Think the archetypal fifties boss, who goes condescendingly easy on his secretary because he thinks challenging her would mean treating her like a man and thus somehow be insulting

This is like all woke male feminist bros today.