misogyny?

[Rutherford The Brave]

As you probably know, I'm not into the whole misogynistic stereotype of our days. I find it rather disgusting, how males treat women like property not like individuals who deserve our respect. What makes it worse though; is that some women except it and like it. Be honest how many of you girls like to be treated that way? Cause' I doubt any of you do, (No Offense). Still its disgusting, guy sexually harassing women, spanking them, and making offensive gestures and the girls are like "Oh he's cute!" It's almost as if those women who are not letting men make fun of them, are having to wear a thicker coat of Armour to make up for the others. Its pitiful then, men just beat these women, sometimes even get them pregnant, and when they can't handle them they either kill them or leave them. Who here knows what I'm talking about?

[serial-thrilla]

of our days? its gotten alot better since your parents days,your grandparents days, and so on.

[Rutherford The Brave]

of our days? its gotten alot better since your parents days,your grandparents days, and so on.

What are you talking about?! Women are still sold like property, beaten, killed, discriminated, paid less, and for what? Its just because they are women, it really hasnt gotten any better.

[serial-thrilla]

it has gotten much better recently. It will never be perfect. Women will always be beaten/thought of as property by some people.

[raiders rule]

i agree KGTM some women are treated like garbage and makes me feel sick and disgusted like i would never treat someone that way, much less a woman.

[Zephyr]

Amen brother!

I'm glad I live where I do.
It's hard to believe that in some parts of the world women still are traded and sold.
And the men who treat women like garbage...
Sadly I've seen it all too many times,
Especially were the woman thinks it's love, not abuse.

[Techno Monster]

This is new to me, does this happen in the U.S.? Is it odd that I have not heard of this and i am a lady?

EDIT: Wait! I used Google to inform myself...

a misogynist will openly hate all women simply because they are female. Other forms of misogyny may be less overt. Some misogynists may simply be prejudiced against all women, or may hate women who do not fall into one or more acceptable categories. Entire cultures may be said to be misogynist if they treat women in ways that can be seen as harmful. Examples include forcing women to tend to all domestic responsibilities, not allowing women to take jobs outside the home, or beating women. Subscribers to one model, the mother/whore dichotomy, hold that women can only be "mothers" or "whores." Another variant is the virgin/whore dichotomy, in which women who do not adhere to a saintly standard of moral purity (Abrahamic) are considered "whores".[citation needed]

Frequently, the term misogynist is used in a looser sense as a term of derision to describe anyone who holds an unpopular or distasteful view about women as a group. A man who considers himself "a great lover of women," therefore, might somewhat paradoxically be termed a misogynist by those who consider his treatment of women sexist, such as sex-negative feminists. Archetypes of this type of man might be Giacomo Casanova and Don Juan, who were both reputed for their many libertine affairs with women.

Misogyny is a negative attitude towards women as a group, and so need not fully determine a misogynist's attitude towards each individual woman. The fact that someone holds misogynist views may not prevent him or her from having positive relationships with some women. Conversely, simply having negative relationships with some women does not necessarily mean someone holds misogynistic views. The term, like most negative descriptions of attitudes, is used as an epithet and applied to a wide variety of behaviors and attitudes. As with other terms, the more antipathetic one's position is in regards to misogyny, the larger the number of misogynists and the greater variety of attitudes and behaviors who fall into one's perception of "misogynist".[specify] This is, of course, the subject of much controversy and debate with opinions ranging widely as to the extent and breadth of misogyny in society.

[Zephyr]

Misogyny is just a fancy term for hatred of women.
It happens everywhere.

[Camazotz]

Depends on the neighborhood or person. Go to NYC, there are women who get beaten every day. Some women think that its okay if they get hit, that its a sign of affection. They dont realize that every person deserves more respect than that.

[redcar]

Racism, homophobia, xenophobia, elitism... the list goes on. There are so many in existence. They are bad, but the reality of it is that we will never be rid of it. There will always be injustice in one form or another.

It looks like that we have come on so much and started to accept more people, but the harsh reality is that as we accept one group we move our discrimination to someone else. There will always be a social class that society will discriminate against.

[Mannequin]

Well, it is partially the girl's fault for picking douchebag boyfriends. the guys treat them like crap and cheat on them and then they come right back to them like dogs. girls need a lot higher self esteems.

oh, and serial thrilla (matt) is right. women have it way better in the 21st century! they can almost always easily walk out and no one will care.