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History of Feminism

TorchTheWitch

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3. I honestly never heard of the word "misogynist" until DU

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:46 PM

Jun 2014

And after all this time I still can't spell it right. Or know how to pronounce it correctly since I've only ever known of it in writing.

Good question though, I still don't know what the difference is between the two words. I prefer to not use "misogynist" except for here because few people seem to know what it means at all... like, never heard the word before.

I don't know, seems to me "sexist" covers all the bases, and anyone would know what it means (and be able to both spell and pronounce it correctly... LOL!)

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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