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History of Feminism

Violet_Crumble

(36,092 posts) Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:06 AM Jun 2014

A question about the terms sexism and misogyny... [View all]

Do they mean the same thing or are they different? It's just that I tend to use the term sexist when describing some men I've encountered, but haven't really used misogynist. Not because there's an aversion to the word, but probably it's quicker for me to say sexist...

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A question about the terms sexism and misogyny... [View all] Violet_Crumble Jun 2014 OP

I may not be an expert but I don't think they mean the same thing el_bryanto Jun 2014 #1

I think of the two the way I learned from the black community about prejudice and racism. ancianita Jun 2014 #2

I honestly never heard of the word "misogynist" until DU TorchTheWitch Jun 2014 #3

I'd heard it before then, but never really thought about it much... Violet_Crumble Jun 2014 #4

Here's a good article with the viewpoint of different women ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #5