Author Topic: What's the antonym of 'misogynist'? (Read 5487 times)

pooka · « **Reply #25 on:** March 28, 2006, 12:37:14 PM »

I guess if I call you pointlessly uptight, Jon Boy will call me one of those people whose laxness is leading to the decay of civilization as we know it.

You refers to everyone who hasn't pledged their allegiance to me.

Jonathon · « **Reply #26 on:** March 28, 2006, 01:27:17 PM »

So who exactly has pledged allegiance to you?

pooka · « **Reply #27 on:** March 28, 2006, 01:29:10 PM »

noone.

I swear the codeine has to have worn off. Though I'm probably in withdrawal.

saxon75 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 28, 2006, 01:38:52 PM »

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I also disagree with Mike that misogyn and woman-hating have different connotations.

I didn't say that misogyny and woman-hating had different connotations. I said that man-hating has connotations that misogyny doesn't. Man-hater usually has a much greater emotional weight carried with it than woman-hater does. In fact, the only times I've ever heard woman-hater used it was quite tongue-in-cheek--an episode of The Three Stooges, for example.

Porter · « **Reply #29 on:** March 28, 2006, 01:54:29 PM »

Are you saying that there are different connotations between woman-hating and man-hating?

saxon75 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:02:00 PM »

Not so much between the phenomena as between the phrases.

Porter · « **Reply #31 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:04:46 PM »

Well, we're back to me disagreeing with you.

saxon75 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:16:43 PM »

Are you disagreeing with me that they have different connotations to you, to me, to the people you've heard say them, to the people I've heard say them, or to everyone?

Porter · « **Reply #33 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:19:22 PM »

I have not observed any difference in connotation between man-hating and woman-hating except for sexist attitudes that might make hating men or women more or less acceptable for some people.

saxon75 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:25:47 PM »

It sounds like you're talking about the phenomena there and not the phrases. And either way, in my experience, attitude forms a large portion of connotation.

In any case, I have observed differences in connotation between the phrases woman-hater, misogynist, and man-hater, which is why I said that I didn't think that man-hater was completely equivalent to misandrist. At least, not for the purposes of communication.

Porter · « **Reply #35 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:28:07 PM »

I have not observed such differences. So much so that they map to the exact same thing in my brain. Afterward, I can't tell you if the word woman-hater or misogynist was used.

saxon75 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:30:08 PM »

I submit that you may be in the minority in that. I also recognize that I may be in the minority.

Porter · « **Reply #37 on:** March 28, 2006, 03:35:04 PM »

I understand. I haven't been meaning to say "I'm right and you're wrong," but "My experiences to not agree with what you are saying".

pooka · « **Reply #38 on:** March 30, 2006, 06:12:35 PM »

Is misopedist a word? I know I will adore these people when they are not so short and loud.