How to spot a misogynist

[chervilant]

48. Indeed, the respect must go both ways...

You had multiple responses in the OP I mentioned. I realize that I could have resisted posting sarcasm in response to h*****y's derisive and misogynistic comment. However, having seen sexism in some of his previous posts, I responded while frustrated and angry.

That being said, I have seldom encountered a sexist or misogynistic male who is able to get outside his patriarchal mindset. I've done advocacy for survivors of relationship violence for better than 30 years, and I've developed a presentation that avoids gender-specific terminology for the very purpose of encouraging all young people to see how damaging to our entire species is patriarchy (and, every other form of power imbalance). I find it disheartening that so many young men respond defensively or dismissively to the topic of relationship violence.

Contemporary research substantiates that relationship violence is an ubiquitous problem. Four of five young women respondents (under 18) agree that their boyfriends have the right to slap them 'if they do something wrong.' We still have a VERY long way to go to achieve gender equity.