Misandry

Some hold that certain aspects of popular culture have depictions or display attitudes which could be said to show misandry, such as: depictions of men as being sex-crazed and overbearing attitudes where women are superior to men depictions in sitcoms and advertising of bumbling male ineptitude (especially fathers) descriptions where the body count as described by some as "there were X fatalities, including Y women and children" is ...

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Some hold that certain aspects of popular culture have depictions or display attitudes which could be said to show misandry, such as: depictions of men as being sex-crazed and overbearing attitudes where women are superior to men (including, think better, make better choices, elect better candidates) depictions in sitcoms and advertising of bumbling male ineptitude (especially fathers) descriptions where the body count as described by some as "there were X fatalities, including Y women and children" is ...

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Chauvinism is extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred towards a rival group. The term is derived from Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte, due to his fanatical zeal for his Emperor. Nicolas Chauvin was injured, wounded 17 times in the Napoleonic Wars but nevertheless he continued to fight for France. The origin and early usage indicate that it was coined to describe excessive nationalism or patriotism. An equivale ...

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Womyn is the best-known one of a number of alternate spellings intended in radical feminism (see also) misandrist circles to degender the English word women and as female empowerment. Other variants include wimmin (plural), wom!n, womban and womon (singular), while femal (from female) and humyn (human) apply the principle elsewhere. All are pronounced the same as the conventional terms. Womyn - Background. The original meaning of the English word "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz ...

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Humans are generally tribal creatures. Misanthropy is a rejection of tribal sentiments. While misanthropes express a general dislike for humanity as a single entity, they generally have normal relationships with specific individuals. Misanthropy may be motivated by feelings of isolation or alienation. Misanthropy may also resemble intellectual arrogance, where a person dislikes humanity because he or she feels that humans are stupid. Overt expressions of misanthropy are common in satire and comedy, although intense misanthropy is gene ...

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In "Imperialism, Nationalism, Chauvinism", The Review of Politics, p. 457, Hannah Arendt describes the concept: Chauvinism is an almost natural product of the national concept insofar as it springs directly from the old idea of the "national mission." ... (A) nation's mission might be interpreted precisely as bringing its light to other, less fortunate peoples that, for whatever reason, have miraculously been left by history without a national mission. As long as this concept did not develop into the ideology of chauvinis ...

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There are many different forms of misogyny. In its most overt expression, a misogynist will openly hate all women simply because they are female. Some sexual predators may fall into this category. Other forms of misogyny may be more subtle. Some misogynists may simply be prejudiced against all women, or may hate women who don't 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 responsi ...

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The earliest printed reference appears to be the 1985 book A Feminist Dictionary. It is unclear whether this refers to existing slang or is the editors' humorous neologism. 'Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it. But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from "testosterone poisoning."'See also:

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Solanas argued throughout the entire book for the elimination of males: Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex Solanas also argues that men are inherently inferior to women: Retaining the male has not even the dubious purpose of reproduction. T ...

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Humans are generally tribal creatures. Misanthropy is a rejection of tribal sentiments. While misanthropes express a general dislike for humanity as a single entity, they generally have normal relationships with specific individuals. Misanthropy may be motivated by feelings of isolation or alienation. Misanthropy may also resemble intellectual arrogance, where a person dislikes humanity because of a sense of mental superiority over humans. Overt expressions of misanthropy are common in satire and comedy, although intense misanthropy i ...

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In Plato's Phaedo, Socrates states that "Misology and misanthropy arise from similar causes"1. He equates misanthropy with misology, hatred of speech, drawing an important distinction between philosophical pessimism and misanthropy. Immanuel Kant said that "Of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made," and yet this was not an expression of the uselessness of humanity itself. Similarly, Samuel Beckett once remarked that "Hell must be like... reminiscing about the good old days when we wished we were dead." — a statement that may, perhaps, be seen as rather bleak and hopeless, but no ...

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In many countries, deliberate use of hate speech is a criminal offence prohibited under incitement to hatred legislation. Such prohibitions have parallels with earlier prohibitions on such issues as obscenity and blasphemy, which are or were also prosecutable offences. Some examples: Holocaust denial is outlawed in most European countries as a form of hate speech (see also historical revisionism). In the United Kingdom, incitement to racial hatred is an offence under the Public Order Act 1986 wi ...

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Some feminists argue that the terms "woman/women" indicate that women are socially subordinate, as "man" is seen as the root for being a human, which in turn implies that women are just a subset of men. Women who argue in favour of the terms "womon/womyn" contend that they have the right to choose how a term referring to them is spelt, rather than be subjected to the choice of the "past patriarchies". Others further argue that "womyn" is based on a medieval spelling of the word, and that returning to the old model of waeman and wyfman meaning man and woman, respectively, would be more egalitarian. Under this taxonomy "ma ...

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Masculists cite one-sided legislation, selective enforcement, and neglected civil rights as examples of discrimination against men (and boys). Other examples include: Violence men being charged in domestic violence cases even when they are victims men being charged in rape and sexual harassment cases when there is no evidence beyond the plaintiff's claim men risking their lives in conscripted military service (exceptions exist, e.g. Israel, where women are also conscripted; though they are not req ...

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Misanthropy has been ascribed to a number of writers of satire, such as William S. Gilbert ("I hate my fellow-man"), but such identifications must be closely scrutinized because a critical or darkly humorous outlook toward humankind may be mistaken for genuine misanthropy. Jonathan Swift is widely accused of misanthropy (see A Tale of a Tub and, most especially, Book IV of Gulliver's Travels). But Swift was also involved with many charitable organizations in Dubli ...

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Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. As a social movement, feminism largely focuses on limiting or eradicating gender inequality and promoting women's rights, interests, and issues in society. Within academia, some feminists focus on documenting gender inequalities that oppress women and on changes in the social position and representati ...

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More often, men use the phrase about themselves and each other with gentle self-deprecating humor. Two examples from National Public Radio's popular show "Car Talk" demonstrate that aspect. Raymond Magliozzi concludes the essay, "Going to the Dogs: Pit Bulls, Rottweilers and Testosterone Poisoning" this way: 'I'd like to close with one final observation. The sort of guy who goes out and gets a pit bull or a Rottweiler is the same sort of testosterone-poisoned person who buys the Camaro with the oversized engine. Why do th ...

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References to testosterone poisoning can be a convenient way to criticize men. Magazine editor Tina Brown uses the phrase thematically in a 2005 Washington Post essay about the downfall of Harvard University president Larry Summers and the problems of embattled Disney CEO Michael Eisner.8 Beth Gallagher's Salon.com essay "Road Sows" about the drawbacks of sports utility vehicles describes those vehicles' growing popularity as having spread beyond testosterone poisoned men ...

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Is there a kernel of truth to this? No one suggests testosterone poisoning is an actual medical or psychological condition, yet the phrase has appeared in settings that suggest it may have some validity. A 1996 Psychology Today article uses the phrase in connection to a summary of several studies about testosterone and male employment. Football players and actors have higher than average testosterone levels. However, the job success or failure of nine new employees at a southern oil firm corresponded perfectly to their testosterone le ...

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In the United States, government is broadly forbidden by the First Amendment of the Constitution from restricting speech. Jurists generally understand this to mean that the government cannot regulate the content of speech, but that it can sanction the harmful effects of speech through laws against slander and libel. Indeed, the term "hate speech" and its surrounding discussion (whether and to what extent speech should be regulated) is something restricted to American legal discourse. For example, the German constitution is subtly more ...

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