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In reply to the discussion: How to know that you hate women [View all]mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)It's more a cultural - what do I call it? - sort of a deep idea or feeling that women are inferior to men, that they can't do what men do, aren't worth of the same consideration. That women couldn't vote prior to women's suffrage was a very direct reflection of that idea. The, unfortunately current, idea that women shouldn't serve in the military or in certain parts of the military is also a reflection of the idea that in some way or ways (physically, or that women just aren't aggressive enough, or some such crap) is a reflection of that idea.
What I disagree with is that it's hatred of women. It's not that (certain) men hate women, but that they have these preconceptions that women are inferior in some way and are incapable of doing certain things. There may be some disdain. The difference is important because one can't do a whole lot about hatred, but one can definitely confront and change cultural notions that women are inferior. If this football dude hates women, there isn't a lot we can do about it, but if the NFL makes men into assholes, we CAN do something about that. Calling it "hatred toward women" absolves us from having to take any action - to stop watching football or supporting a system that tells men violence toward women is ok. That's where my argument that calling it "hatred toward women" is the easy way out for us in that then we don't have to do anything about it.