How to spot a misogynist

[ieoeja]

61. I often get accused of misogny for treating women the same as I do men.

My friends and I like to bust each others chops. A lot of women on the receiving end of that believe it is because I don't respect women. In truth, it is because I respect them enough to treat them exactly like I treat my male friends.

Fortunately, there are also a lot of women who feel the same way I do. Nobody can be friends with everybody (and I really get tired of employers who think it is necessary not just for coworkers to get along, but for us to be friends as well).

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This brings up a question. Some Southern Belle or {fill-in-the-blank} Princess who demands to be put up on a pedestal is clearly anti-feminist. But where does one draw the line on that? We all want to be treated special by a lover. Treatment related to biology - "put down the seat" - is understandable. What about the woman who thinks it is okay for me to jokingly insult a male friend, but not a female friend? Isn't that a little misogynist on her part? Isn't she implying that women can't handle the give-and-take that men can?

Note: this is different from a woman simply taking it personal for herself. That woman would presumably not consider it okay for me to do the same with my male friends either. No hypocrisy, no misogny.