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In reply to the discussion: NOT ALL MEN, BUT STILL TOO MANY MEN [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)If you discount the preposition, there's only two that matter so focusing in on "hatred" and "women" is just not all that unreasonable.
If someone wants to invent their own definitions, more power to them, but I just don't think they are going to have much success with convincing too many people their subliteracy really is fully literate.
There is no "anti-woman" part in the definition. If that were the defintion, the word would be 'antigyny'. Misogyny is hatred of women. It need not be any more complicated than that.
The "effect" you are referring to is discrimination based on gender, which is sexism. Misogyny happens in the mind and certainly is a product of consciousness. Sexism can be the expression of misogyny or it can be unintentional.