![]() ![]() Many writers denied the feminist attribution of misogyny to his actions for reasons including his psychological instability, the fact that he ended up killing more men, and that he did not hate women, but rather desired them too much. This does not however mean they are not misogynists.Īlso read: #MeTooIndia: How Toxic Masculinity And Misogyny Caused Me TraumaĬonsider Elliot Rodger who, in revenge for all the women who had rejected him, had set out to shoot women from the hottest sorority in University of California Santa Barbara before shooting himself. In reality, however, even perpetrators of gender-based violence do not necessarily hate women. ![]() This conception considers misogyny as a primarily psychological problem, as an attitude existing in the mind of the (male) perpetrator. She terms it the naïve conception of misogyny. Manne finds this definition inadequate, as it fails to capture what misogyny does to its victims, who are often (but not always) women. ![]() The simple dictionary definition of misogyny (mass noun) is hatred for women. The book is the first of its kind in the tradition of feminist analytical philosophy. Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne is a philosophical enquiry into what misogyny really is, in terms of what it does to its victims. ![]()
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