Female misogynists - why?

Question

What do you think motivates women to promote misogyny? Is it a way of taking the heat off themselves? Is it a way to 'get in' with men in order to penetrate the boys clubs? Is it a hatred of seeing other women taking freedoms that they dare not permit themselves?

Some examples of female misogyny I've seen have been the reactions that women who endure domestic violence have towards women who flee - they see them as not 'proper' women because their definition of a woman is someone who is able to stoically put up with a lifetime of abuse.

Another one is thinking that the sun shines out of their son's behinds, but being overly critical and under-investing in their daughters.

Another one of course is joining in with the misogynist boys to belittle the women who fight for women's rights.

What is the motivation?

Answer 1

The only one I can see sense in is belittling people who fight for womens rights... or AKA radical feminists.

Only because they fight for women to be treated BETTER rather than EQUAL. If they were so bothered about equality.. they would be fighting for mens rights too.

You know, men having equal rights in courts considering children, for instance?

If a feminist sees a woman used on TV being shown as a piece of meat - they're annoyed. But a man? Like in that chocolate advert? They don't fight to stop THAT, do they?

It has to work both ways. Feminists are the most misandristic people I have EVER come across.

The rest, though, is BS and shouldnt be done. Who the h**l expects a woman to put up with domestic violence? Running away from domestic violence is one of the strongest and bravest things someone can do.

I actually think you made the rest up to belittle women who arnt feminists like yourself.

Answer 2

doesnt it annoy you when people paint others who dissagree with there world view as sexist hatefull pawns?

Feminist opinion isnt the only legitimate one , and many of it's hatefull notions that are held as holy are out dated and out of touch with reality.

Answer 3

In other words what causes some women to turn away from feminism?  Perhaps, they think its a bunch of cow dung.  Besides; it's up to the  man whether he llikes women like us or not.

Answer 4

I know more women sexists, than male sexists. Rather sad isn't it.

Feminism isn't the struggle to free women from male opression. Feminism is a struggle to free women and men from sexist ways of thinking.

Answer 5

I think a lot of feminists are misogynists.

They hate what is a women's nature and they fight what they called 'gender stereotype'

So not all women fit the gender stereotype of femininity, most of them do to some extent.

Answer 6

They aren't necessarily misogynists they just don't agree with the feminist movement as it is being run right now and if you knew what that word origenally meant I think you might want to choose another name. It was coined by a french utopian sociologist in the 1800s and even marx thought he was crazy. It had very little if anything to do with equality of the sexes. It was origenally a socialistic movement.

Answer 7

Don't forget those women who see other women as competition, and are determined not to cooperate with them.  I'm seeing this right now with a dear friend, who isn't getting along with her coworkers because she judges them against her, and they come up short.  She has bragged that she gets along with men, but not with other women because she always looks so good and the other women are jealous.  

She also raised her son to think the sun shines out of his butt, and her daughter to think of herself as second-rate everything.  You never saw two more messed-up aults.  

Because of her husband's unexpected illness, she has been forced to become the breadwinner and she hates it.  She feels she shouldn't have to work and wants to stay home and shop all day.  She doesn't put down feminism any more, she's just angry that people with college degrees have better jobs open to them.

In her case, she is motivated by anger that her life hasn't turned out the way she thinks it should have.  I've met other women like that, especially deeply religious ones who think God should have taken better care of them.