What is the biggest source of hatred towards one gender.....abuse from a parent or bad experiences within a?

Question

romantic relationship?

Answer 1

Men are raised to accept rejection and move on after encountering it, but if they reject a woman it causes deep emotional problems for some of these weaker women and they respond by becoming Feminists and preach hatred of men.

So boys never forget the wrath of a woman scorned.

So I would say bad relationships.

Answer 2

I think it can be a combination of both. Having a bad relationship with your parent of the opposite s*x can make a person more likely to hate the other gender.

Although in most cases it seems like the hatred mostly comes from bad experiences in relationships.

Answer 3

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

I had pretty bad experiences with my parental unit some call Mother. It didn't make me hate women, but it made me not to trust them for a long time because I automatically thought they all hated me.

Answer 4

Feminism.

Answer 5

Probably relationships.

I'm sure most people have said in a moment of frustration "That's it! I am DONE with men/women!"

As to true-blue down to the roots hatred.... one almost has to be raised that way, to see the other s*x as inferior.

Answer 6

In my experience, with women, it tends to be the result of a bad relationship.

With men hating women, it tends to be the result of either a bad relationship OR rejection (i.e., a lack of relationships).

Answer 7

That's an interesting question.  It looks like a lot of people here are sort of shooting from the hip or sharing their own opinions, but it would be interesting to see what sorts of events gender bigotry is tied to.

Certainly we've all seen men who hate women and women who hate men over bad divorces (and, to a lesser extent, bad relationships not involving marriage).  And certainly we've all seen men who hate women because they had rotten/abusive mothers, and women who hate men because they've had rotten/abusive fathers.

It would be interesting to add some fact to all this anecdote and see what the major causes actually are, though I can't seem to find statistics on that matter.

Answer 8

I think it is always a combination of things.  Usually I think it starts out at home.  If the person has been able to see a well working relationship they are better able to choose a quality partner, ruling out many if not most bad experiences.

Answer 9

Lack of understanding and bad experience. It also stems from low self-esteem and feeling like you can't attract a "high quality" person from the opposite gender.

I had a friend who hated women. He only had one girlfriend and she dumped him over facebook. He never got over it and hasn't dated anyone since. Every woman he meets he finds something negative to say. He even spoke poorly of the women I associated with (jealousy).

I also had a female friend a few years ago who was the same. She hated men and often told me this. I found it hilarious because she was always calling me to talk and hang out. I almost never called her. But she also had bad experiences with men in the past. Now Mike T has been added to her list as well. I had to eventually cut off contact.

I find that people who "hate" certain groups of people usually hate their lives as well.