Allicent: Misogyny means hating women. I think that there must be very few women who hate women as a class. If they hate women, is it that they don't hate men? Or is it that they are msnrithaopes who hate everybody?But I will grant you that there are women, including many insufferable mothers, who cater to old-fashioned sexism, even if it is not exactly misogyny. I agree that this is a pathetic and outmoded mindset in modern America, but I can still see where it came from. Consider the moneyed world described in the tedious book, "The Millionaire Next Door". In this world there are millionaires and there are wives of millionaires. If you are a woman, it would be unusual for you to become a millionaire in this world; the more likely path would be to marry one. You can see the same difference between Condi Rice and Laura Bush. Condi Rice is a millionaire. Laura Bush is not a millionaire, only the wife of one.So if a woman or her mother envisions that kind of life trajectory, i
July 25th, 2012 12:46 PM
Allicent: Misogyny means hating women. I think that there must be very few women who hate women as a class. If they hate women, is it that they don't hate men? Or is it that they are msnrithaopes who hate everybody?But I will grant you that there are women, including many insufferable mothers, who cater to old-fashioned sexism, even if it is not exactly misogyny. I agree that this is a pathetic and outmoded mindset in modern America, but I can still see where it came from. Consider the moneyed world described in the tedious book, "The Millionaire Next Door". In this world there are millionaires and there are wives of millionaires. If you are a woman, it would be unusual for you to become a millionaire in this world; the more likely path would be to marry one. You can see the same difference between Condi Rice and Laura Bush. Condi Rice is a millionaire. Laura Bush is not a millionaire, only the wife of one.So if a woman or her mother envisions that kind of life trajectory, i