Do you assume all men were misogynists pre women's movement

Question

Why or why not?

Answer 1

It seems, from this board, most if not all men were barbaric

and treated women harshly.  I guess I am knieve...

Answer 2

No. But I do think it was much more acceptable, depending on the time and place.

Answer 3

No, if all men were misogynists the women's movement would not have been successful. Some of the people in power (in this case, men) had to support changes in the law and society in order for those changes to happen.

Answer 4

yes, men generally do not hold women in high esteem - even nowadays, although they won't admit it

Answer 5

Not at all. Many men respected women, even though they couldn't do the jobs men could at that time. Just because they weren't allowed to get good jobs and such, doesn't mean that all men were misogynists.

My question: Why do people think that stay home moms aren't respected?

Answer 6

No, there will always be someone who disagrees with the status quo. So there were destined to be men who disagreed with the sexism of that time.

I hope that feminism has brought into light women's equality and made men more aware of it though.

Answer 7

No, in that I don't believe most men held women in contempt per se; however, they did view them as second-class citizens, not entitled to equality in education, employment or reproductive choices.  

Answer 8

I believe misogynists were in the minority, just as they are today. Most people thought that women should conform to a certain role, because that was the cultural tradition of the time, but that's not the same as disliking women. Nor is it true that most marriages were abusive, as feminists like to imagine... The older members of my family have only happy memories of their lives and relationships, and many people forget that the majority of past women were happy in their roles. The few who were not created the women's movement, and claimed to speak for all women.  

Answer 9

Men were co-founders of the women's movement - John Stuart Mill, etc.  So no, some men, just as some women, have always been interested in equality between the sexes  :-)

Answer 10

No.  I should think there are probably more misogynists now, some of the demands of the women's movement has probably aggravated men into being misogynists who might not have been otherwise.

Answer 11

This is part of modern Feminist dogma that is taught extensively throughout acadaemia.

Answer 12

No. You can't assume that all men felt the same way about anything at any point in time.